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Clinical Care
How a Children's Hospital Minimized Needle Pain
In pediatric settings, care bundles for needle procedures such as lidocaine administration and comfort positioning can significantly reduce pain.
Clinical Care
Chronic Pain Surgery: Too Risky, Too Costly
With high costs, risks of adverse events, and scant evidence of effectiveness, surgery for chronic pain is a prime example...
Nursing
Nurses' Essential Oils Initiative Reduces Time to Intervention by 26 Minutes
A nurse-driven project assessed how essential oils affected patients with nausea and vomiting.
Clinical Care
Patients With Chronic Pain Feel Caught In An Opioid-Prescribing Debate
Faced with skyrocketing drug overdoses, states are cracking down on opioid prescribing. Some patients with chronic pain say they are...
Clinical Care
FDA Forms Task Force to Solve Drug Shortages
Federal officials to consider enhanced regulation and notifications from pharmaceutical companies, coupled with 'financial incentives' to ensure continued access to...
Strategy
How to Cut Costs and Improve Outcomes in the ICU
Two hospitals have demonstrably cut length of stay and improved survivorship among the most vulnerable of patients. Meanwhile, they've increased...
Strategy
How ASCs Can Ace Patient Satisfaction
Patient ratings can help make or break an ambulatory surgery center. An orthopedic surgeon shares his top tips for ensuring...