IV Nurse Day: Celebrate Jan 25

Infusion therapy is a critical part of medical care today — which means IV nurses play an invaluable role in the lives of patients. Every January 25, IV nurses (also known as infusion nurses) are recognized with a day of their own that honors their work and their contributions to patient care. What is National…

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Charting by Exception: Errors by Omission or The Efficient New Norm?

Charting by exception (CBE) is a shorthand method of documenting patient systems, using standard practices and patient norms to avoid charting redundancy and saving healthcare providers time and money. Using the Charting by Exception method, healthcare providers are required to chart only deviations from expected patient norms. The CBE systems can be different for every provider…

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Are You a Culturally Competent Nurse?

“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhuman…” This quote is taken from a speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1966 that urged legal action against hospitals that were out of compliance with the Civil Rights Act. He said, “We put the blame…

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