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toxicity

You are an advanced practice nurse in a hospital. If you could whisper one thing to your organization’s leader about toxicity, what would it be? How do you expect the leader to respond? Will the toxicity be addressed? Why or why not? What is the role of the advanced practice nurse to address and prevent

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technological advancements

Throughout history, technological advancements have appeared for one purpose before finding applications elsewhere that lead to spikes in its usage and development. The internet, for example, was originally developed to share research before becoming a staple of work and entertainment. But technology—new and repurposed—will undoubtedly continue to be a driver of healthcare information. Informaticists often

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comfort contract

Evidence suggests that patients do better when their expectations about specific benefits of nursing care are discussed and met.  Design a “comfort contract” whereby patients or their surrogates designate an expected level of postsurgical overall comfort, and also where they can specify chronic discomforts and interventions that they use at home for relief. Evidence suggests

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