Professional Licensure: Investigation and Disciplinary Action

Professional Licensure: Investigation and . Disciplinary Action. Comprehensive information on protecting one’s . ... complete a board of nursing Web site complaint form. Licensees may also self-report when required by law to do so. Additionally, a board may be no-tified by other nursing boards, other agencies, or ... ing the discipline for ...

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Using SBAR Communications in Efforts to Prevent Patient ...

physician or feels that “the call won’t make a dif-ference because the doctor won’t listen to me.” For interdisciplinary communication to occur effectively, disciplines need to have a shared way to communicate that works for all the disciplines C ommunication—effectively getting your message across—is difficult. The higher the

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Caring for adults with impaired physical mobility

ing, such as decreased bone density, decreased muscle mass, loss of pe-ripheral vision, and dementia can combine to make older adults more prone to falls and traumatic injury.1 Multiple hazards Impaired mobility has negative con-sequences for virtually all body sys-tems. If prolonged, immobility leads to deconditioning and loss of func-

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The Pupillary Response in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Guide ...

the treatment of an acute subdural hematoma and possi-ble surgical evacuation was obtained. IDENTIFYING TBI Identifying an acute brain injury in patients with trauma requires serial neurologic examinations, including pupil-lary assessments, a CT scan, and possibly a magnetic reso-nance imaging. As depicted in the case study, evidence of

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Minors’ Rights in Medical Decision Making

12 years to make medical decisions for themselves and exercise self-determination.1 For infants and young children, decisions regarding medical treatment have been in the hands of the parent or guardian. Adoles-cents are caught in a limbo-like state between the dependency of childhood and the autonomy of adult-hood.

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Learning Needs Assessment - CEConnection

An accurate assessment of what participants need to learn is a crucial initial step in planning educational activities. Methods for assessing learner needs can include reviewing the literature, benchmarking, reviewing documents, seeking learner input, …

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CE Understanding of the Concept of ‘‘Total Pain’’

CE 26 JOURNAL OF HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE NURSING v Vol. 10, No. 1, January/February 2008 Author Affiliations: Anita Mehta, RN, MSc(A), is a Doctoral Candidate, McGill University, Montreal, ... ment of pain, and the sensory nerve patterns evoked by the physical stimulation.23 Cohen and Boisvert24 and

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StrategieS for feeding PatientS with dementia

Our clinical experience, together with the conceptual model that grew out of our literature review and con­ cept analysis,5 served as the basis for a system of assess­ ing and managing feeding difficulties in patients with dementia. In the literature search for that review, which was conducted in PubMed, the Cumulative Index

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The Transition to End-of-Life Care in End-Stage Liver Disease

disease, end of life, palliative care C irrhosis is a final common endpoint in patients with chronic progressive liver disease from a vari-ety of etiologies. Patients who have abnormalities of liver synthetic and excretory function and who develop ascites, variceal hemorrhage, hepatic encephalopathy, or

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Teaching Wound Care to Family Caregivers

need to learn how to identify normal wound healing as well as the signs and symptoms of infections or complications, which should be reported to the pa-tient’s health care professional as soon as possible. The ideal time to engage family caregivers, if they are available, is while the nurse is performing wound care in the hospital.

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© Joanna Briggs Institute 2017 Critical Appraisal ...

The Joanna Briggs Institute Introduction The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) is an international, membership based research and development organization within the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Adelaide. The Institute specializes in promoting and supporting evidence-based healthcare by providing access to resources for

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JBI Levels of Evidence - Joanna Briggs Institute

Developed by the Joanna Briggs Institute Levels of Evidence and Grades of Recommendation Working Party October 2013 PLEASE NOTE: These levels are intended to be used alongside the supporting document outlining their use. Using Levels of Evidence does not preclude the need for

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Summary of Findings Tables for Joanna Briggs Institute ...

The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) and its collaborating entities have recently decided to adopt the GRADE approach for systematic reviews of effectiveness. However, the JBI do not conduct reviews pertaining to effectiveness alone, and have developed methodology for conducting reviews of qualitative research and text and opinion.

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The Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewers’ Manual 2014

Every year the Joanna Briggs Institute publishes a Reviewers’ Manual, which is designed to support individuals who are undertaking systematic reviews following JBI methodologies and methods. This chapter represents the latest work and methodological development of the

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The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for ...

Collaboration for Health Care Quality Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada 21. Methods Centre, Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada 22.

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Effectiveness of public health measures in reducing the ...

Joanna Briggs, and the WHO COVID-19 database (for preprints). A clinical epidemiologist (ST) developed the initial search strategy, which was validated by two senior medical librarians (LR and MD) (supplementary material 1, table 4). The updated search strategy was last performed on 7 June 2021. All citations identified

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Scoping reviews: What they are & How you can do them

Key findings • Examined barriers and facilitators to the use of systematic reviews (SR) by health care managers and policy makers, e.g. format and content, to develop recommendations for authors. • Findings to inform the preparation of SR, including: o Provision of 1-page summaries with key messages, tailored to the relevant audience.