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Improving Communication Among Healthcare Providers: Preparing Student Nurses For Practice, Lorretta Krautscheid
Improving Communication Among Healthcare Providers: Preparing Student Nurses For Practice, Lorretta Krautscheid
Faculty Publications - College of Nursing
Communication errors are identified by the Joint Commission as the primary root cause of sentinel events across all categories. In addition, improving the effectiveness of communication among healthcare providers is listed as one of the Joint Commission’s 2008 National Patient Safety Goals. Nursing programs are expected to graduate practice-ready nurses who demonstrate quality and safety in patient care, which includes interdisciplinary communication. Through objectively structured clinical assessment simulations, faculty evaluate each nursing student’s ability to perform many aspects of care, including the ability to communicate effectively with physicians via telephone in an emergent situation. This quality improvement project reports the …
Disorders Of Fatty Acid Oxidation In The Era Of Tandem Mass Spectrometry In Newborn Screening, Sandra A. Banta-Wright, Kathleen C. Shelton, Michael J. Bennett
Disorders Of Fatty Acid Oxidation In The Era Of Tandem Mass Spectrometry In Newborn Screening, Sandra A. Banta-Wright, Kathleen C. Shelton, Michael J. Bennett
Faculty Publications - College of Nursing
With recent advances in laboratory technology with tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS), the number of infants identified with a fatty acid oxidation disorder has increased dramatically. Disorders of fatty acid oxidation comprise one of the most rapidly growing groups within the field of errors of metabolism. This review will explore the recent developments in newborn screening related to the use of tandem mass spectrometry and disorders of fatty acid oxidation.