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This week’s topics include a review of sugar recommendations, preventing readmissions to the hospital, benefits of fish oil in pregnancy, and a look at healthcare spending. Program notes: 0:31 A look at sugar recommendations 1:30 Identified nine guidelines 2:30 All …
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Anchor lead: Violence against nurses on the job has increased, Elizabeth Tracey reports The last decade has seen an over 100% increase in violence against nurses on the job, US Labor Department statistics reveal. Ron Langlotz, director of nursing for …
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Anchor lead: Outcomes are better when nurses are more educated, Elizabeth Tracey reports Hospitals staffed with more nurse assistants relative to those with more registered nurses see many more adverse outcomes for patients, a recent study in the British Medical …
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Anchor lead: Physician assistants may soon provide much of the care to hospitalized patients, Elizabeth Tracey reports If you’re hospitalized and most of your care is provided by a physician assistant, or PA, should you be worried? No, a study …
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Anchor lead: What happens when physician assistants provide more care for patients in the hospital? Elizabeth Tracey reports Physician assistants who have been specially trained can safely provide much of the care to hospitalized patients, a study by Henry Michtalik …
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Blood pressure lowering meds and fracture, LASIK surgery outcomes, treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm, and measles and mumps outbreaks. Program notes: 0:33 LASIK outcomes 1:33 Glares or haloes after surgery 2:31 Three or four times more likely to complain online …
