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The Pause- a recognition of a life

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Definitive emotional support is critical to our emotional and psychological well-being. The Pause Jonathon Bartels worked as an Emergency Nurse in America in 2009. After the death of a young person in the Emergency Department, he initiated ‘ The Pause.’ Psychological harm occurs.

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SGEM#286: Behind the Mask – Does it need to be an N95 mask?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Over the past seventeen years he has practiced as a rural emergency and family physician and Clinical Chief of Emergency at Carbonear Hospital. Paul Norman is a registered nurse working as a frontline emergency nurse in Eastern Health, Newfoundland, Canada.

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"To every thing there is a season. "

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Consider the traumas and medical emergencies that have a seasonal prominence in your locality, then prepare topical presentations in formats that work well with your group. As with a well-run ‘mega-code’, these are rehearsals for future events that may present suddenly. Readers must verify validity to their own practice.

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Troubleshooting Foley Caths and Suprapubic Caths

Taming the SRU

7) While standard technique for either male or female foley placement is well-known and straightforward, there are several measures that can be taken to ensure the highest likelihood of first-pass success. The western journal of emergency medicine. Journal of emergency nursing. 2012;13(6):472-478. 2011.11.6810.

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Olympic Fever

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

The many athletes are in their prime, and often well-acquainted with strain, injury, acute care, and rehabilitation. Translators are available for this polyglottal population. So, I offer applause and best wishes to those who represent us in meeting the health challenges of such a large enterprise honoring sport and peace. "Citius,

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Milestones of Modern Progress in Emergency Care

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

As Advanced Practice Nursing grew, at first in family practice, then into other specialties, emergency care became an area of interest. A natural one, and especially suited for increasing capability without regard to physician residency program output of graduates, and in less-well-served rural areas. EDNA->ENA. 10/20/2013.

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The Dunning-Kruger Effect

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

An example would be the recent ACLS graduate who tells the airway manager, who is ventilating the patient well without a leak, that he/she is holding the mask “upside-down”. This deliberate choice is known to the expert, but not well-published in basic literature. —David Dunning ” (as cited in Wikipedia article, below).