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May 22nd, 2013 
John Buck
More than 40% of patients being treated for COPD at a federally funded clinic did not have the disease, researchers found after evaluating the patients with spirometry, the diagnostic “gold standard” for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. “While there have been many studies of the under-diagnosis of COPD, there has not been a US-based study that [...]
Posted in Acute/Ambulatory, Associations & Groups, Cardiovascular/Pulmonary, Colleagues, Community Health, Family/General Practice, Featured, Home Care, Long Term Care, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physician Assistant, Respiratory 
Tags: ATS, COPD, Health Disparities, Pulmonary, respiratory, spirometry, Uninsured 
No Comments » May 21st, 2013 John BuckResearch on different types of IV connectors led a Johns Hopkins cancer center to pilot a “neutral pressure” IV connector, according to a scientific presentation at the annual meeting of the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS). Since the Hopkins poster was presented at the ONS meeting, The Johns Hopkins Hospital has adopted the IV connector hospital-wide. [...]
Posted in Acute/Ambulatory, Associations & Groups, Cardiovascular/Pulmonary, Community Health, Emergency/Urgent Care, Family/General Practice, Home Care, Lab, Long Term Care, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physician Assistant, Products Tags: Bloodstream Infection, InVision Plus, IV Connector, Neutral Pressure, Oncology, ONS, Product, RyMed No Comments » May 20th, 2013 John BuckVermont Gov. Peter Shumlin’s signing into law of the nation’s first death-with-dignity bill passed by a legislature is a “breakthrough” moment, according to the nation’s leading end-of-life choice advocacy group, Compassion & Choices. Vermont also will become the first eastern state and fourth state nationwide where aid in dying clearly is legal and accessible starting [...]
Posted in Acute/Ambulatory, Associations & Groups, Cardiovascular/Pulmonary, Colleagues, Community Health, Emergency/Urgent Care, Family/General Practice, Home Care, Long Term Care, Mental Health, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physician Assistant, Respiratory Tags: Choice, Compassion, Death with Dignity, Vermont No Comments » May 14th, 2013 John Buck
Just add dogs. It turns out that’s a fairly easy recipe for taking a bit of the stress out of the room, one that Caitanya Min, Trad. ’13, of the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) believes should be served every time exam season rolls around. Her fellow students got a feel for what [...]
Posted in Colleagues, Community Health, Family/General Practice, Featured, Home Care, Long Term Care, Mental Health, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Ortho/Rehab, Pediatrics, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Speech/Language/Hearing, Women's Health Tags: JHUSON, Johns Hopkins, Mental Health, Pets on Wheels, School of Nursing, Stress, Therapy Dogs No Comments » May 8th, 2013 John BuckSafe in Common Chairperson Mary Foley, PhD, RN, is former President of the American Nursing Association and a US leader for needlestick prevention. She is the Director at the Center for Nursing Research and Innovation at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Nursing. She continues to write and lecture about healthcare policy, [...]
Posted in Acute/Ambulatory, Associations & Groups, Cardiovascular/Pulmonary, Colleagues, Community Health, Emergency/Urgent Care, Family/General Practice, Home Care, Lab, Long Term Care, Mental Health, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Ortho/Rehab, Pediatrics, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Radiology, Respiratory, Specialties, Speech/Language/Hearing, Women's Health Tags: ANA, healthcare, Mary Foley, Needlestick, Nursing, Occupational Safety, Safe in Common, UCSF No Comments »
