341 Miscommunication in Labor and Delivery

Collaboration and communication form the cornerstone of effective care. Obstetrical nursing exemplifies this principle. The involvement and interaction of labor and delivery personnel have a critical impact on the outcome of mother and baby. The outcome is influenced by the degree of interaction and communication between nurses and physicians. Labor and delivery nursing and team…

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339 Nursing Liability for Neurological Injury

A patient arrives in the emergency department with a possible spinal cord injury. The defense attorney contacts you to find out if his client, the hospital, has exposure for the ultimate outcome of this patient. One of the first things emergency department nurses do is to assess the patient and determine if there are any…

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338 Critical Aspects of Neuroscience Nursing Filissa Caserta

Filissa Caserta is an acute care nurse practitioner. She has 32 years of experience and she specializes in neurocritical care and endovascular neurosurgery. She is on the staff of Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, and she’s lectured extensively, both nationally and internationally. In addition to her clinical role, Filissa runs a nurse success consulting practice and…

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