Expertise
566 Ambulance Transport Risks – Valerie Creel
Welcome to the world of the EMT, a world that in its own way reproduces the complex conditions of an ER—but without the safety net of a large institution. Valerie Creel, a registered nurse and LNC, who also worked for several years as an EMT, shares with you what goes on in an ambulance, both…
Read More565 Nurse Practitioner Malpractice Liability – Arlene Wright
Nurse practitioners (NP) are assuming an ever-increasing percentage of medical treatment in hospitals, private practices, and also other venues. Here to share her insights into this field is Dr. Arlene Wright, whose doctorate is in nursing practice. She understands nurse practitioner malpractice liability Originally conceived by Dr. Loretta Ford as a means to help close…
Read More564 Are you sleep deprived? Jennifer Patenaude
Getting enough of the right kind of sleep challenges many people, especially nurses who work at night and those who get moved to different shifts. Jennifer Patenaude, a health coach, describes the healing function of sleep, what disrupts it, and how to come back into balance when you are sleep deprived. She emphasizes that sleep…
Read More563 Inside Home Care Nursing – Angela Barker
Today, Angela Barker, a former pediatric ICU nurse working in the area of pediatric private duty home care for pediatric and adult patients, describes the unique complexities of home care nursing for children. As an LNC, she also takes up the liability risks and the documentation to look for. This care may be short- or…
Read More562 The Medical Errors Epidemic-Dr. Kayur Patel
Unfortunately, due to the medical errors epidemic in health care, prior to the Covid epidemic, medical errors constituted the third greatest cause of death. Dr. Kayur Patel describes what’s wrong and how it can be changed. He is Chief Medical Officer of Proactive MD, a healthcare model that serves many U.S. healthcare institutions, He acknowledges…
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