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Patient Care News: July 2005, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

River Oaks Hospitality House

Notes from Neurodiagnostics

Complementary and Alternative Therapy/Medicine

Patient Care News: June 2005, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

VHA Leadership Award

CentraCare Dialysis now offers Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (TPE)

Patient Care News Now On-Line

Recent Decisions at CPCC/CNPC

New EMR/Automated Documentation Project

Febrile Neutropenia Project

Nursing News: May 2005, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

Nurses Week 2005

Honoring Nurses! Many roles, one profession!

UNDERSTANDING SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME

Catering to You

Nursing News: April 2005, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

Surviving Sepsis

Multidisciplinary Rounds

Medicare Changes for Home Care Patients

Diabetes

Reminder on Pay Practices for Patient Care Areas and Corresponding Clocking Codes

Nursing News: March 2005, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

National Patient Safety Awareness Week March 6th – 12th

Patient Safety Awareness and Patient Communications

SCH: Level II Trauma Center

Rapid-Acting Insulin Dosing Schedule: Immediately Before or Immediately After the Meal??

New Electronic Medical Record/ Automated Documentation System

Successful IV Starts

Extra! Extra! Critical Care Computer System (Picis) Transmits Real-Time into CDR

Nursing News: February 2005, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

LifeSource Now Recovers Organs & Tissues

Medical Record Documentation Reminders:

Solving the Mystery Of The Staffing Office

Respiratory Care Paging Hints!

Nursing News: January 2005, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

Thirty-Eight Graduate Nurses Join Saint Cloud Hospital Registered Nurses in 2004

When Symptoms Defy Diagnosis

Identification...identification...

Educational and Professional Development Programs

Nursing News: December 2004, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

Patient Safety: Your Patient Wants to Leave – Now!!

Changes in Preferred Lodging Program

Nursing News: November 2004, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

Insulin Dose Removed from the Medication Administration Record (MAR)

Improving Nursing Practice for the Benefit of Patient Safety

Minnesota Department of Health Adverse Health Events Reporting Law: Minnesota’s 27 Reportable Events

“What can you do to help ensure that a complete (with regulator) oxygen tank is available when you need one?”

Central Minnesota Heart Center at St. Cloud Hospital Ranks in Nation’s Top 100 for Sixth Consecutive Year

Nursing News: October 2004, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

JRS Patient Alerts & Vulnerabilities

Disposing of Confidential Patient Information

Learning to Speak Alzheimer’s: A Groundbreaking Approach for Everyone Dealing with the Disease

Licensure Renewals: Save Yourself a Trip!

Autopsy Reminders

PTO Policy Revisions for Patient Care Areas

Educational and Professional Development Programs

Nursing News: September 2004, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

Therapy Chart Dividers

Skin Breakdown Alert!

Educational and Professional Development Programs

Abuse Common Among Postmenopausal Women

Critical Care Changes

Nursing News: August 2004, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

Monitoring Strip Placement in Charts

Discharge Prescriptions

Medication Administration Records

Addressing Immediate Safety Needs for Victims of Domestic Violence

Educational and Professional Development Programs

Nursing News: July 2004, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

St. Cloud Hospital Becomes a Magnet Hospital

Latex Allergy Emergencies

IV Therapy

Muscle-Sparing Procedure Provides Alternative for Hip Replacement Surgery

Educational and Professional Development Programs

Nursing News: June 2004, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

Crash Cart Changes

Limited Treatment Code Blue

When is it a Restraint?

Duragesic Patch Leaks: How To Protect Yourself

Trauma Awareness

Indicators of Abuse

A Little Known Fact About “Subcutaneous”

Stroke Awareness

Nursing News: May 2004, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

Happy Nurses Week!

Verbal and Telephone Orders

Pre-Sedation Assessment

Reminder Regarding Jury Duty/Subpoenaed Witness

Nurse Navigator at Coborn Cancer Center

Nursing News: April 2004, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

Patient Safety Standard Update

Alcohol Foam and C. Difficile

How Do You Find Policies (or Print Forms) when the Computers are Down??

Recovery Plus Addiction & Mental Health Services

Pope John Paul II Makes Statement About the Care of Patients in a Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)

Nursing News: March 2004, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

The Forces of Magnetism

Employees Missing Work

Living with Grief: Alzheimer’s Disease

Educational and Professional Development Programs

Nursing News: February 2004, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

The Forces of Magnetism

Reminders from OHS:

Physician Satisfaction Update

Insulin Dose Checks

Educational and Professional Development Programs

Nursing News: January 2004, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

Leaving is a Process

Central Minnesota Heart Center helps you ‘Stay Healthy in a Doubleburger.com World’

Patient Safety Update: Glucometer Testing

PTO Changes Effective 1-4-04

No Code Blue Order Sheet/ Advance Directive Tab

A Mental Health Unit Success Story

Nursing News: December 2003, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

Abuse Policy & Protocol/ Prince Edward Island

Please Do Your Part to Complete the Nutrition Screen Process on the FHA

Requesting a Cut or Call for the Christmas and/or New Year’s Holiday

Caring for Patients in Alcohol Withdrawal

Patient Safety Update: Glucometer Testing

Vesicular-Pustular Rash Syndrome Study

Nursing News: November 2003, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

St. Cloud Hospital Crash Cart Changes

Behind the Scenes in Surgery

JCAHO National Patient Safety Goal #6: Improve the Effectiveness of Clinical Alarms

November is National Home Care and Hospice Month

Nursing News: October 2003, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

Look-Alike, Sound-Alike Medications

Insulin Order Form Update

Prostate Cancer Expert Lectures in Little Falls

Screening and Assessment of Domestic Violence

Magnetic Pull Is Gaining Strength!

Nursing News: September 2003, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

Patient Plan of Care Revisions

Look-Alike Sound-Alike Medications

Educational and Professional Development Programs

Electronic Medical Record Scanning Considerations

JRS Demographics: Alerts/Vulnerabilities

Nursing News: August 2003, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

Patient Satisfaction

River Oaks Hospitality House

Donor Designation A Change In Practice

Friendship Ventures

Proposed Licensure Change

Nursing News: July 2003, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

Scheduling/Vacation Requests

RNs Pursuing Clinical Ladder: Magnet Hospital Project Opportunity

Nursing News: June 2003, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

American Nurses Credentialing (ANCC)

Educational and Professional Development Programs

Nursing News: May 2003, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

National Nurses’ Week May 6 – 12, 2003

Central Minnesota Registered Nurse Recognition Dinner/Program

Patient Safety Goals

Responsibility to Report

Electronic Medical Records

New Legislation Would Improve Health Care System’s Response to Abuse

Dressing Change Procedure

Nursing News: April 2003, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

SCH Nurses Week 2003

Change in the Patient Protective Privacy Policy

Emergency Trauma Center

HomMed Health Monitoring System St. Cloud Hospital Home Care

JRS Consults for Inpatient Rehabilitation

Ordering Physicians in JRS

Nursing News: March 2003, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

The Cycle of Violence

Organ-Tissue-Eye Donation Audit Results

Convenience for Your Patients

Patient Weight to be Recorded in Kilograms

Automated Documentation in Critical Care

Handheld Nebulizer to MDI/Spacer Protocol

Nursing News: February 2003, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

Screening for Domestic Violence

HTO (Hospital Time Off) Policy Change

Change in the On-Call Policy