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RTN1604_B5_EC Toolbox – EM Documentation Checklist
* EC: EC Toolbox: Emergency Management and Life Safety documentation checklist (PDF) [REF: EC, SC, Tool] EC News, April 2016, Vol 19, #4, Pg 8 JCe1604_B5 Similar to the January EC Toolbox that focused on EC documentation, this article provides a [Pearl] tool/checklist of the 22 (17 EM and 5 LS) elements of performance in…
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RTN1602_B1_Assessing Patients with Delirium
Recommended Readings, Tips & Pearls *TS: “Things Fall Apart”: Ensuring the Safety of Patients with Delirium (PDF/QV)[REF:MD, Psy, RN, Tool] The Source, Month 2016, Vol 14, #2, Pg 1 JCs1602_B1 In this article, delirium as defined by the Society for Critical Care Medicine is “a syndrome characterized by the acute onset of cerebral dysfunction with…
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RTN1602_B2_BHC Patient Pain Screening
*TS: 5 Sure-Fire Methods: Screening Behavioral Health Care Patients for Physical Pain (PDF/QV) [REF: BHC, RN, Tool] The Source, February 2016, Vol 14, #2, Pg 2 JCs1602_B2 This article focuses on organizations surveyed under the BHC standards. As such, a few of its 5 recommendations have long ago been adopted by most psychiatric hospitals. Still, recommendation…