Journal of emergency nursing : JEN : official publication of the Emergency Department Nurses Association
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Noninvasive pacing is a valuable therapy in emergency cardiac care. The more experience clinicians have with the noninvasive pacing procedure, the greater their confidence and the easier the job becomes. Effective troubleshooting during pacing becomes less problematic with increased experience with the therapy. Noninvasive pacing allows rapid initiation of emergency pacing and "buys time" to stabilize the patient and plan further care.
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Review Case Reports
Beyond the basics: monitoring with a pulmonary artery (Swan-Ganz) catheter.
Interpreting hemodynamic parameters requires both knowledge and practical experience. As emergency nurses care for more acutely ill patients during longer ED stays, an understanding of hemodynamic monitoring will be essential.
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We often think of research ethics mostly in connection with the processes of intervention, data collection, and analysis, but ethics does not stop there. The process of preparing publications involves a number of ethical considerations, including continued protection of the rights of human subjects; reporting findings truthfully, accurately, and completely and using one's own words to do so, or appropriately citing the work of others; and ensuring that authorship credit and acknowledgments accurately reflect the contributions of others. No foolproof way exists to ensure that only ethical publications see print; however, including content on publication ethics in all research courses, publishing clear policies related to ethical expectations in journals, and engaging in discussion of these issues with colleagues are a good start toward that goal.