Nursing management
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Learn why the Joint Commission has revised its anesthesia care standards. The new standards incorporate four sedation levels: minimum sedation, moderate sedation/analgesia, deep sedation/analgesia, and anesthesia.
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Family support can have positive effects on critically ill patients, so limiting visitation in critical care units may not be in their best interest. This study examined the outcomes of increasing visitation using a quality-improvement model.
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Vital signs monitoring systems need to pool information from a variety of bedside devices. Add options like portability and multiple parameters, and you can choose the best one for any setting.