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Sep 27

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Fall Prevention Interventions for Nurses

The fall prevention interventions nurses use every shift: risk screening, universal precautions, purposeful rounding, toileting plans, medication review, patient teaching, and what to do in the minutes after a fall.

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Sep 17

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Blood Transfusion Nursing Checks and Reactions

The nursing checks before, during and after a blood transfusion: verifying the order and consent, bedside identification, vital sign monitoring, recognizing transfusion reactions, and what to do first if one starts.

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Aug 29

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Pressure Injury Prevention and the Braden Scale

How the Braden scale works, what each of its six subscales tells you, and the pressure injury prevention interventions that match each risk, from repositioning and heel offloading to moisture and nutrition.

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Aug 21

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Early Warning Scores for Nurses: NEWS and MEWS

What NEWS, NEWS2 and MEWS measure, why early warning scores catch deterioration that single vital signs miss, how escalation usually works when a score climbs, and where the scores fall short.

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Jul 28

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Nursing Documentation Tips That Protect You

Practical nursing documentation tips that protect your patients and your license: what to chart, how to word it objectively, late entries and corrections, provider notifications, and EHR habits to avoid.

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Jul 26

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What to Do About an Unsafe Nursing Assignment

What to do when a nursing assignment feels unsafe: how to assess it, raise concerns through the chain of command, document your objection per facility policy, and understand refusal versus patient abandonment.

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Jul 19

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Your First Rapid Response as a New Nurse

What to do before, during and after your first rapid response: when to call, what to have ready, how to give the team a clear report, and how to process it afterward as a new nurse.

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Jul 10

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SBAR in Nursing: Examples and Tips

How to use SBAR in nursing, with example calls for a deteriorating patient, an escalation to the charge nurse and a shift handoff, plus a weak call versus a strong one and tips that make providers act.

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Jun 16

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Floated to Another Unit? How to Handle It

What to do when you are floated to another unit: what to ask the charge nurse, how to get oriented fast, how to speak up if an assignment is outside your competency, and how to make floating easier over time.

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Jun 7

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Sepsis Screening: What Nurses Look For

What nurses look for in sepsis screening: signs of infection, SIRS-type changes, new organ dysfunction and qSOFA, plus how facility screening tools and sepsis bundles usually work and how to escalate fast.

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