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Newsletter

 2009

Volume 3, No. 2

Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI)
 
The Centers for Medicare Services (CMS) has announced that it will no longer reimburse healthcare institutions for care related to preventable conditions, including CAUTI, because evidence-based guidelines exist that may effectively prevent these conditions.
 
Laura A. Stokowski, RN, MS
Medscape Nurses.  2009; ©2009 Medscape
Posted 02/03/2009

 

You are encouraged to report all serious adverse events and product quality problems for
human medical products to MedWatch at: www.fda.gov/medwatch/report.htm.


Source:  Food and Drug Administration
 

Symptom Checker

Foot pain? Headache? Sore throat? Skin rash? Use the Symptom Checker to find out what's causing your symptom.

Source:  Mayo Clinic
 

Top 10 Things To Know About Progress and Changes in Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents

1.  Nearly 1 in 3 children today are overweight and obese; as the degree of obesity increases, the prevalence
     of metabolic syndrome increases.

2.  There is no universally accepted definition of the Metabolic Syndrome in children and adolescents.

3.  This Statement, which addresses the challenges of MetS in children and adolescents, updates the previous
     AHA Statement on Obesity, Insulin Resistance and Cardiovascular Risk in Children.
    
Click on the above title to read more about this subject.

Source:  American Heart and American Stroke Association
 

Are you an "older" nurse, born in 1959 or earlier? The loss of older, expert nurses could have a
disproportionate impact on patient safety and quality of care in the coming years.

Source:  Laura A. Stokowski, RN, MS

Medscape Nurses.  2008; ©2008 Medscape
Posted 12/29/2008
 
 
Protecting Hospitalized Elders From Falling (Click here to read article)

Source:  Medscape

Mara Ferris, MS, RN, GCNS-BC, CPHQ, FASCP

Topics in Advanced Practice Nursing eJournal.  2008;8(4) ©2008 Medscape

Posted 12/31/2008
 
Women Have a Higher Risk of Depression Than Men. Male Depression is Hard to Recognize. Antidepressants
for Children Have Pros and Cons.   Find all the information you need in the:
 Depression Center.

Source:  Mayo Clinic
 
More Salmonella Peanut Butter Recalls Coming

Source:  Medscape

 

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