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Shane Elmore, RN: Dec 15, 2017
Recently I was approached by a nurse who is the Director of the Operating Room at her hospital. She began to list the problems her team has with...
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Shane Elmore, RN: Nov 30, 2017
Every year, breast cancer claims 40,000 lives. The opioid epidemic causes 50,000 deaths per year. Motor vehicle crashes cause 38,000 deaths each year. And gun violence is responsible for 36,000...
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Shane Elmore, RN: Nov 15, 2017
What if instead of recording treatment delays in minutes, your stroke coordinator recorded them in number of brain cells lost? Would your team still say "Oh well, it's only five minutes, that's not...
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Shane Elmore, RN: Oct 11, 2017
As nurses, we have an interesting challenge: We need to make sure we are doing our jobs as quickly and efficiently as possible while still making sure to carefully pay attention to and make note of...
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Shane Elmore, RN: Oct 06, 2017
Silly pager, emergencies are for modern technology! I've written on this topic before, but I heard a story a few days ago that made it worth revisiting. The following is an all-too-familiar scenario...
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Shane Elmore, RN: Oct 04, 2017
What if you could get inside the mind of a Stroke Program Consultant who helps hospitals and EMS systems get ready for certification (through the Joint Commission, for example)? You'd probably want...
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Shane Elmore, RN: Sep 27, 2017
If you missed my previous blog post about my recent hospitalization, then I encourage you to go back and give it a read. This post serves as part two of my up-close-and-personal experience with...
