Restraint Application

RESTRAINT APPLICATION Used only when other, less restrictive, measures prove ineffective in protecting the patient and others from harm.Soft Restraints – limit movement (to prevent the confused, disoriented, or combative patient from injuring himself or others.Vest and Belt restraints – permit full movement of arms and legs (to prevent falls from bed or a chair.)Limb restraints – allow only slight limb motion (to prevent the patient from removing supportive equipment (e.g. I.V. lines, indwelling catheters,...

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New System Allows Wound Checks Without Dressing Removal

In the United Kingdom, bioengineers at the Strathclyde Institute for Medical Devices, Glasgow, Scotland, have developed a new system that allows doctors and nurses to check the conditions under a dressing without having to remove it. A tiny sensor is attached to the gauze monitors to detect whether the wound is moist—the optimum environment for healing—or too dry or wet to heal properly. About half the size of a first class stamp, the sensor is attached via a sterile pad to the dressing itself, thus avoiding pain to the patient. It is connected...

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Obesity Can Reduce Risk of Developing Pressure Ulcers

In a recent study published in the Journal of Gerontology: Medical Science, researchers suggest that obesity reduces the risk of developing pressure ulcers in hospitalized older adults. A total of 3214 patients admitted to 2 Philadelphia, PA, hospitals between 1998 and 2001 were assessed for risk factors for pressure ulcers. The goal of the investigation was to evaluate the chances of developing a pressure ulcer in both underweight and obese patients, relative to optimal weight patients. Patients enrolled in the study who were underweight demonstrated...

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Monitor Helps Measure Bandage Pressure

Ulsys, Halifax, UK, launched the Vowden Trainer, a cutting-edge pressure monitor designed to increase the accuracy of leg ulcer treatment, at Medica 2007, which was held recently in Germany. The Vowden Trainer works by accurately measuring the application of pressure under a bandage applied over a leg ulcer, indicating exactly how much pressure the bandage is generating in order to help health care professionals apply the correct pressure without having to estimate. This eliminates inconsistent pressure application, allows for greater accuracy...

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Hospitals Join Fight Against SSIs

Hospitals across the country are exploring the use of preoperative antiseptic skin cleansing or skin prepping to prevent or reduce the incidence of surgical site infections (SSIs). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, SSIs are the leading hospital-acquired infection (38%) in surgical patients and the third most common in hospitalized patients. At Prince William Hospital in Manassas, VA, clinicians saw reduced incidence of SSIs, an estimated cost savings of more than $100,000, and a 75% decrease in SSI-related readmissions...

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Injectable Antibiotic Gets FDA Approval Letter

Theravance, San Francisco, CA, received a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval letter for televancin, a novel bactericidal, once-daily injectable antibiotic for the treatment of complicated skin and skin structure infections caused by gram-positive bacteria, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The approval level indicates that televancin’s application is approvable subject to the resolution of current good manufacturing practices compliance issues and submission of revised labeling or reanalyses of clinical data or...

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Smith & Nephew Introduces Pressure Ulcer Management Program

To help facilities manage the risk and high cost of pressure ulcers and infected wounds, Smith & Nephew, Largo, FL, has developed an approach called BRIDGES. The program is designed to improve assessment of high-risk patients, standardize practice protocols, develop customized core formularies, drive proper product selection and utilization, improve protocol compliance, and track sustainable, repeatable results.As of October 2008, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will no longer reimburse hospitals for the treatment of 8 hospital-acquired...

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Medline Unveils New Packaging for Silvasorb

Medline Industries, Inc, Mundelein, IL, introduces innovative packaging for its line of SilvaSorb wound care dressings, designed to increase user safety. The new packaging, including an outer box and inner pouch, provides clear, concise instructions on the proper use of the product, along with a pamphlet that offers a 2-minute tutorial on important wound care guidelines. Packaging for each family of wound care products is color-coded and the inner...

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American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes Partner to Deliver Holiday Cards to Wounded Service Members

American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes Partner to Deliver Holiday Cards to Wounded Service MembersWASHINGTON, Tuesday, December 18, 2007 — America’s wounded service members are always grateful for supportive cards and notes––especially during the holiday season. This holiday season, communities across America are invited to mail cards along with personal messages of support to wounded service members at military hospitals around the country, through a unique partnership between the American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes Inc. With the support of the...

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Red Cross Blood Donor and Volunteer Featured on mtvU's "CAUSE EFFECT"

Red Cross Blood Donor and Volunteer Featured on mtvU's "CAUSE EFFECT"WASHINGTON, Tuesday, December 11, 2007 — Red Cross volunteer Krysta Leigh Meinzer is featured in "Cause Effect," a new multi-platform series from mtvU, MTV's 24-hour college network, profiling standout student activists on college campuses nationwide. Krysta details her passion for blood donations in an episode of the show, which is broadcast on mtvU and available on demand at mtvU.com and Think.MTV.com. Meinzer is a 21-year-old college senior from North Carolina, majoring...

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Fires and Floods Lead the List of Largest Red Cross Disaster Responses

Fires and Floods Lead the List of Largest Red Cross Disaster ResponsesWASHINGTON, Thursday, December 13, 2007 — In a year predicted to be heavy with hurricanes, home fires, wildfires and flooding kept the Red Cross busy helping people whose lives were changed by disasters. Excessive rain in some portions of the country, severe drought in other areas and a lack of major hurricanes changed the traditional disaster response landscape for the American Red Cross in a year that called for more than 230 large scale disaster responses. While the California...

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Four U.S. Nurses Receive Red Cross Medal

Four U.S. Nurses Receive Red Cross MedalA moving ceremony at American Red Cross national headquarters paid tribute to an elite group of nurses at the forefront of the profession By Tom Goehner, Historical Outreach, National Headquarters Friday, December 07, 2007 — Every two years since 1920, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has honored nurses and volunteer health aids worldwide who have shown exceptional courage and devotion...

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Measles deaths drop by 91 percent in Africa and 68 percent globally

Measles deaths drop by 91 percent in Africa and 68 percent globally By Jennifer Lubrani, Staff Writer, RedCross.org Thursday, November 29, 2007 — Measles is a leading killer of children in many developing countries where prevention, treatment and health care can be difficult to access. But with strong global support from governments, health workers and dedicated volunteers, significant progress is being made in the fight against measles. ...

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Nursing Care of Older Adults: How to Try This

Assessments and Best Practices in Care of Older Adults Caring for older adults is far more complex than the majority of today's nurses and other healthcare providers ever learned in school, and than the majority of faculty in any schools of nursing are prepared to teach their students. In fact, lack of knowledge about care of older adults among the teachers, students and working graduates of nursing programs results in inadequate assessment...

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Drug News: Eszopiclone (Lunesta) for Treatment of Insomnia

Eszopiclone (Lunesta), manufactured by Sepracor Inc., is a new nonbenzodiazepine hypnotic developed for the treatment of insomnia. Insomnia is characterized as either short-term or transient (lasting a few days to 2 weeks) or chronic (lasting more than 3 weeks). It is estimated that 20% to 40% of adults complain of short-term insomnia and 10% to 15% of chronic insomnia. 1 Insomnia can affect daytime function and represents a significant economic...

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Medication Errors

Unsafe medication-use practice habits place patients in danger of an infection. To protect patients, remember the following: Place a sterile cap on the end of a reusable I.V. administration set that has been removed from a primary administration set, saline lock, or I.V. catheter hub that will be used again. Properly disinfect the port when accessing needle-free valves on I.V. sets. Always follow aseptic technique. Avoid “looping” - attaching the exposed end of the I.V. tubing to a port on the same tubing. Prohibit unlicensed staff from...

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Drug Update

(from Drug News Weekly) The FDA has approved the following new indication: Diovan (valsartan) - for the treatment of high blood pressure in children and adolescents 6 to 16 years of age. The FDA has approved Triesence (triamcinolone acetonide) 40 mg/mL injectable suspension, a synthetic corticosteroid for visualization during vitrectomy and treatment of sympathetic ophthalmia, temporal arteritis, uveitis, and ocular inflammatory conditions unresponsive to topical corticosteroids.Roche Pharmaceuticals has discontinued the production of Roferon-A...

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DepoDur® Extended-Release Epidural Morphine What Perioperative Nurses Need to Know

Epidural morphine as a single bolus dose has demonstrated analgesia that lasts up to 24 hours. Recent advances in drug delivery mechanisms have resulted in a formulation of morphine, DepoDur®, which is a lipid-encapsulated extended-release epidural morphine that provides up to 48 hours of analgesia. The efficacy of DepoDur has been established after hip arthroplasty, lower abdominal surgery involving an incision below the umbilicus, and elective cesarean section delivery. The unique characteristics of DepoDur dictate that clinicians must be aware...

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MS Nursing

Suspected neck injury Jaw-trust manueverReye's SyndromeMajor Problems:Increase ICPEncephalophathyCHON not presentrelated to history of viral infectionsSymptoms > HYPOglycemiaPneumococcus PneumoniaComplication > pleural effusionRespiratory status monitoringBulimia Nervosadevelops cycles of binge eating, followed by purgi...

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Cesarean Section

Description: Delivery of a baby through C-Section.Note: In order to play the video, you must have the latest Flash Player installed on your computer.Click here to download Flash Pla...

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Normal Vaginal Delivery

Description: A video showing th normal birth of a child.Note: In order to play the video, you must have the latest Flash Player installed on your computer.Click here to download Flash Pla...

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Normal Child Birth

Description: Video showing normal vaginal delivery of a baby.Note: In order to play the video, you must have the latest Flash Player installed on your computer.Click here to download Flash Pla...

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Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Description: Stabilizers and positioners almost 100% of patients can benefit. Less bleeding, earlier recovery, less kidney problems, less ventillation, less neurological and cognitive deficit and less ICU stay.Note: In order to play the video, you must have the latest Flash Player installed on your computer.Click here to download Flash Pla...

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Coronary angioplasty stent

Description: Coronary angioplasty stent.Note: In order to play the video, you must have the latest Flash Player installed on your computer.Click here to download Flash Pla...

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Inserting Foley Catheter

Description: Video showing how to Insert a Foley Catheter.Note: In order to play the video, you must have the latest Flash Player installed on your computer.Click here to download Flash Pla...

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Paracentesis

Description: Video showing how to do paracentesis from Harvard Medical School.Note: In order to play the video, you must have the latest Flash Player installed on your computer.Click here to download Flash Pla...

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Nasogastric Intubation

Description: Videos showing Nasogastric Intubation.Note: In order to play the video, you must have the latest Flash Player installed on your computer.Click here to download Flash Pla...

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Male Urethral Catheterization

Description: Male Urethral Catheterization by Harvard Medical School.Note: In order to play the video, you must have the latest Flash Player installed on your computer.Click here to download Flash Pla...

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Lumbar puncture

Description: Lumbar puncture video by Harvard Medical School.Note: In order to play the video, you must have the latest Flash Player installed on your computer.Click here to download Flash Pla...

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Nurses Informations

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Medical Videos Category

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Normal Appendix

Description: Video showing many scenes of normal appendix.Note: In order to play the video, you must have the latest Flash Player installed on your computer.Click here to download Flash Pla...

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Abscess Incision and Drainage

Description: This video demonstrates how to incise and drain an abscess.Note: In order to play the video, you must have the latest Flash Player installed on your computer.Click here to download Flash Pla...

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Suture a Wound

Description: This video teaches how to suture a wound.Note: In order to play the video, you must have the latest Flash Player installed on your computer.Click here to download Flash Pla...

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Pericardiocentesis

Description: The technique of insertion of a tube into the pericardial sac to remove fluid or blood, improving cardiac function.Note: In order to play the video, you must have the latest Flash Player installed on your computer.Click here to download Flash Pla...

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Chest Wound Treatment

Description: The application of appropriate dressings to restore chest function following a penetrating wound.Note: In order to play the video, you must have the latest Flash Player installed on your computer.Click here to download Flash Pla...

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First Aid Use of Morphine

Description: It demonstrates the safe use of morphine to treat casualties for pain.Note: In order to play the video, you must have the latest Flash Player installed on your computer.Click here to download Flash Pla...

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Suturing in the Emergency Room

Description: It demonstrates basic suturing techniques as might be applied in an emergency room setting.Note: In order to play the video, you must have the latest Flash Player installed on your computer.Click here to download Flash Pla...

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Antibody Immune Response 3D

Description: This 3D medical animation shows how antibodies stop harmful pathogens from attaching themselves to healthy cells in the blood stream. The animation begins by showing normal red and white blood cells flowing through the blood stream. Next, a single pathogen appears onscreen slowly moving toward its destination on the surface of a cell.Note: In order to play the video, you must have the latest Flash Player installed on your computer.Click here to download Flash Pla...

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Head Lymph Nodes examination

Description: Examination of the lymph nodes of the headNote: In order to play the video, you must have the latest Flash Player installed on your computer.Click here to download Flash Player...

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