Dimensions of critical care nursing : DCCN
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Dimens Crit Care Nurs · Mar 2000
ReviewContinuous intravenous prostacyclin for advanced primary pulmonary hypertension.
This article discusses the use of prostacyclin therapy for patients with advanced primary pulmonary hypertension, from patient selection through initiation, dosing, outpatient management, and outcomes. Advanced practice nurses are key to helping patients adapt to this complex medical therapy.
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Dimens Crit Care Nurs · Mar 2000
Eyeing the ED's open door: how case managers can reduce unnecessary admissions.
More than one-third of all hospital admissions originate from the emergency department (ED). ED case managers maximize the quality of care and control ED admissions by verifying admission criteria, finding alternatives to inappropriate or social admissions, and identifying high-risk discharge factors.
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Dimens Crit Care Nurs · Mar 2000
Ensuring competency in nurse repositioning of the pulmonary artery catheter.
Although nurses often reposition pulmonary artery catheters, facilities may not formally recognize the practice. This article describes how one medical center developed a procedure and competency assessment to guide and monitor nurse repositioning of pulmonary artery catheters.