Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus
Miracle on 34th Street
Personalizing cardiac monitor alarms specific for patients can reduce the number of alarms
What is Alarm Fatigue project
This cool project provided assistance to surgical patients
What is Post-Op Cryotherapy
Besides Santa, these individuals should also know if you are sleeping, or if you are awake.....
Who is our Care Attendants
This article gave great information for improving Condition A performance
What is Simulation exercise to improve retention of cardiopulmonary resuscitation priorities for in-hospital cardiac arrest-A randomized controlled trial (January's Article)
You sit on a throne of lies
Elf
Best practice as an indicator of enteral feeding
What is Gastric Residual Volume
One of the 3 cool benefits of the coolest project this dissemination year
What is decreasing pain, decreasing the need for pain medication and no adverse events using this method
This project has researched our implementation of a newer technology of monitoring who is good or bad.....and staying in bed
What is the tele-sitter
A solution to solved clogged feeding tubes
What is "Efficacy of Creon Delayed-Release Pancreatic Enzyme Protocol for clearing occluded Enteral Feeding Tubes" (May's Article)
Every time a bell rings, an angle gets their wings
It is a Wonderful Life
Reduced incidence of device associated pressure injury
What is hyper-oxygenated Fatty Acids
This project promises to cool the mind on a busy day that might be described as a "hot mess"
What is Lunch Breaks
With the help of Santa.....and this new visual technology , our hope is to improve this patient care nursing quality indicator
What is patient falls
A novel method to reduce phlebotomy sticks for inpatient blood labs
What is " Effects of peripheral IV based blood collection on catheter dwell time, blood collection and patient response" (February's article)
Merry Christmas you filthy animal
Home Alone
Stepping off of the unit to reduce nurse stress
What is Lunch Breaks
Name one of the many benefits of a brain and body cooling interruption from a busy day
What is decreasing occupational, physical and mental fatigue, depression or anxiety.
This method of patient observation needs to utilized this traditional means when leaving the unit for a test or any off unit procedure
What is a patient care tech, or nursing personal.
Twenty days of this diet had a higher fat loss compared to the Mediterranean Diet
What is "Effects of Twenty Days of Ketogenic Diet on Metabolic and Respiratory Parameters in Healthy Subjects" ( June)
Maybe Christmas doesn't come from a store
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Patients perceive more compassion and feeling more cared for
What is Getting on Your Patient's level
Name an action that a health care professional can take to support their colleague who may need a cool down period
What is everyone gets a break.
What is lunch buddy
What is a restorative break free from patient responsibilities and phone calls
During this time our continuous video monitor, the tele-sitter, cannot see activity or communicates in the room
What is "privacy mode"
Blood levels to ensure optimal antibiotic dosing
What is Changing the Time of Blood Collection to Determine Vancomycin Concentrations in Intensive Care Unit Patients (April's Article)