Clinical Insights

2010 Clinical Insights

March 2010

• Infection Prevention
  
• Joint Commission Alert: Preventing Deaths During and After Pregnancy
  

February 2010

• Kids Corner: The ABCs of Administering Pediatric Medications
  
• Chemical Biomarkers: Identifying the Heart of the Matter
  
• Cut Confusion with Tallman Lettering
  

January 2010

• Phenergan Alert
  
• Thyroid Function Testing
  

2009 Clinical Insights

December 2009

• National Patient Safety Fact Sheets
  
• New CDC Guidelines for H1N1 Infection in the Intrapartum and Postpartum Patient
  

November 2009

• Talking Pill Bottles Let Medications Speak for Themselves!
  
• Less Remains More in The Battle Against COPD
  

October 2009

• T.I.M.E. to Act: Cardiac Survival Plan
  
• Know What You Hear: A Basic Review of Pulmonary Auscultation
  

September 2009

• Tips To Treasure: Wound Assessment Tool
  
• Be ALERT: Practice Safe Enteral Feeding
  
• Weighty Errors
  

August 2009

• Tip to Treasure: Infiltration vs. Extravasation
  
• New Surgical Sponge Technology
  

July 2009

• Tips to Treasure: Pulse Oximetry Considerations
  
• Removal of Epicardial Pacing Wires: Part III
  
• Current Delivery Recommendations for Pregnant Women with Genital Herpes Infection
  

June 2009

• Are Vaginal Examinations in L&D an Infection Risk?
  
• Epicardial Pacing Wire Removal- What are the Risks?
  
• When to Avoid Vaginal Examinations in L&D
  
• New WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene
  

May 2009

• Tips To Treasure: The FOUR Score for Neuro Assessments
  
• Management of Epicardial Pacer Wires
  
• Black Box Warnings: What they mean to you and your patients
  

April 2009

• Teaching Your Patients About Lovenox
  
• Tips to Treasure: Physiological Verses Pathological Jaundice in the Newborn
  
• Child Abuse and Neglect
  

March 2009

• Revised Guidelines on use of Preventative Aspirin Therapy
  
• Vent Review
  
• Colorectal Cancer Research Update
  

February 2009

• Pushing Hard and Fast
  
• Learn about Lovenox
  

January 2009

• Fungal Facts & TPN
  
• Cut the Confusion: Flumazenil Versus Narcan
  

2008 Clinical Insights

December 2008

• The Highs & Lows on Gentamicin
  
• Bacteria Multiply Under Gloves!
  

November 2008

• Seizures & You: Emergent Management of Status Epilepticus
  
• Thawing Breast Milk Without the Microwave!
  

October 2008

• Monitoring During Procedures
  
• Using Inhalers: Spacers Deliver!
  

September 2008

• Surviving the Storm
  
• Immunizations
  

August 2008

• Nanotechnology: Looking Toward the Future
  
• Are you on the List?
  

July 2008

• Advocating for CPR
  
• Dangers of a Quivering Heart
  

June 2008

• Caring for Cancer Survivors
  
• Creating a Supportive Environment for Your Patients
  

May 2008

• Latex without Allergy
  
• IV Therapy: The Difference Between Infiltration and Extravasation
  

April 2008

• Kidney Disease
  
• The Evidence Is In
  

March 2008

• Attention Vacationers
  
• Patient Safety
  

February 2008

• MRSA and the Spread of Infection
  
• Hypothermia in Infants
  

January 2008

• Virus Sharing
  
• Limiting the Risk of Needleless IV Infections
  

2007 Clinical Insights

December 2007

• Global HIV Couples Counseling
  
• Preventing Hypothermia in the Elderly
  

November 2007

• A Sign of the Times
  
• Medication Education
  

October 2007

• Influenza Terms Defined
  
• Breast Cancer Awareness
  

September 2007

• When Lightning Strikes
  
• Two Years Out: PTSD Diagnoses Continue for Katrina Victims
  

August 2007

• Vaccination Reminder for Healthcare Personnel
  
• Take Care at the Little Cabin in the Mountains
  

June 2007

• Empower Your Patient
  
• Water Safety Reminder
  
• Preventing the Spread of Meningitis: Get Hib
  
• Summer Safety: June is Fireworks Safety Month
  
• What Patients are Saying
  

May 2007

• Is it a Cold or is it an Allergy?
  
• Occupational Risk Factors for Nurses - Are you at Risk?