Medsurg nursing : official journal of the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses
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One unit's staff developed and evaluated an intervention to relocate shift-to-shift nursing report to the patient's bedside. Despite challenges related to privacy, distractions, and integration of nursing technicians to the change, bedside shift report reduced shift report times and improved nursing satisfaction.
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Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an illness that affects red blood cells. Patients with SCD can have chronic pain or acute pain episodes, which must be managed with medical therapy. Although many options are available for pain management, utilization of subcutaneous patient-controlled analgesia for pain management has positive outcomes for patients in both pain management and satisfaction.
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Well-researched interventions to prevent falls include medication review, fall alarms, and environmental aids. Nurses play a vital role in developing plans for fall prevention.