Scrubs

AUGUST 21, 2023

The U.S. is still in the middle of a major blood donation shortage. The number of blood donations has declined 10% since the start of the pandemic, according to the Red Cross. Clinics have had to scale back the amount of blood product they send to hospitals in need, which can put patients at risk. Donating blood is largely seen as a charitable act, but new research shows that regular blood donations actually benefit the donor as well.

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Hospital 246

Science Based Medicine

AUGUST 21, 2023

The World Health Organization held the First WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit this weekend. Unfortunately, its claims of being "evidence-based" aside, the conference followed the WHO's usual pattern of serving as propaganda, not science. The summit was one-sided, organized by believers with the only speakers being believers, to promote a predetermined policy goal of promoting traditional medicine and justify "integrating" it with science-based medicine.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 21, 2023

Creatas | ThinkStock Nursing school is, as you well know, no joke. The hours are long, the studying never ends and the material is serious business. Not many of your friends will literally have “life or death” jobs. Were you prepared going in? Brittney at The Nerdy Nurse says that when she went into nursing school, she didn’t know many actual nurses.

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Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 21, 2023

On yesterday’s podcast , I talked with Bobby Yeh, an academic cardiologist who made a compelling case for enhancing credibility of observational research. Please do listen. Bobby is one of the smartest people in cardiology today. After closely reviewing the cardiac literature for the past decade or so, I have become increasingly hopeless that we could glean any useful information from non-random retrospective comparisons.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 21, 2023

AbleStock.com | Thinkstock Too often, we nurses dwell on everything that is going wrong. How about (for once!) we imagine our world as perfect as possible? Here’s what I would have in my perfect nursing world : I’d never get pulled to work in another unit. Staffing would never be lacking. Patients would not be repeat offenders (admissions). Patient families would be amicable.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 21, 2023

As patients assume more financial skin in their personal healthcare, they take on the role of demanding consumer, or “impatient patients.” HealthEdge’s latest research into health consumers’ perspectives finds peoples’ satisfaction with their health insurance plans lacking, with members seeking easier access their personal health information, high levels of service, and rewards for healthy behaviors.

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Relias

AUGUST 21, 2023

The IDD workforce crisis is adversely affecting organizations and their clients. Many people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) rely on direct support professionals (DSPs) for assistance in their daily lives and communities. Families rely on DSPs so they may work or receive respite from caregiving. But, as IDD organizations struggle to retain staff, the quality of care available to these individuals decreases.

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Will Peach MD

AUGUST 21, 2023

Sedation practice­ guidelines are e­ssential resources for he­althcare professionals involved in se­dation procedures. These­ evidence-base­d recommendations ensure­ standardized and safe patient care­. Expert panels meticulously de­velop these guide­lines by reviewing scie­ntific evidence, analyzing re­search studies, and reaching a conse­nsus on best practices.

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