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The Color of Safety: Color-Coded Wristbands
In 2005, a nurse working at a hospital in Pennsylvania inadvertently jeopardized a patient’s life when she placed an incorrect color coded wristband around the patient’s arm. At her previous hospital, a yellow wrist band had been used to identify a ‘restricted extremity’. Unbeknown to the nurse, at her new facility, the yellow wristband meant “do not resuscitate”. The patient went into cardiac arrest and nearly died when the resuscitation team hesitated to perform CPR until another nurse recognized the error.
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Getting the Flu Vaccines? Potential Employers Want to Know!
Staffing executive Marcia Faller, MSN, RN, talks about the importance of H1N1 and seasonal flu vaccines for job-seeking travel nurses.
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Pink October: National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
This year, NBCAM (The National Breast Cancer Awareness Month) celebrates its 25th anniversary. NBCAM represents a partnership of national public service organizations, professional medical associations and government agencies working together to promote breast cancer awareness, share information on the disease, and provide greater access to screening services.
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Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), also known as neonatal withdrawal syndrome, is a complex disorder with two major causes. NAS can be either due to the prenatal maternal use of substances, or secondary to the discontinuation of opioid analgesia in the newborn.
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Injection To Prevent Infection
The H1N1 flu outbreak, declared a pandemic on June 11, remains a topic of concern worldwide. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, this pandemic could eventually affect 2 billion people worldwide.
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