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Critical and Progressive Care
Resources for Our Community
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AACN Statement on COVID-19 Vaccination
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AACN calls for all healthcare and long-term-care employers to require every member of the healthcare team — employees and all credentialed and contracted providers — to be vaccinated against COVID-19. This new position on vaccination aims to support the safety and well-being of patients, nurses and their communities.
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COVID-19, Vaccination and Masks
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A CDC report on an outbreak of COVID-19 infections in both non-vaccinated and vaccinated people, after several large public events in Massachusetts, supports the need for vaccination and wearing masks indoors in public places regardless of vaccination status.
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Identifying Victims of Human Trafficking
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Learn indicators, such as scripted answers and lack of identification documents, that your patient may be a victim of human trafficking. If you suspect trafficking, take steps such as developing rapport, screening these patients alone, offering choices and accessing resources to help them.
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Free Neurological Assessment Webinar
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Enhance your assessment skills by registering for a free American Association of Neuroscience Nurses’ webinar on adult neurological assessment, scheduled for Aug. 18. Topics include the importance of a standardized assessment. The webinar recording will also be available for free after the live event.
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Reducing Alarm Fatigue in a Burn ICU
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Several strategies, including customizing alarm settings, providing education, physical reminders and sharing alarm data, helped reduce false and nonactionable alarms in a burn ICU, notes a quality improvement initiative.
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A survey of patients with long COVID finds that the condition affects multiple body systems and may cause serious disability, with many patients not recovered after seven months of tracking. Know the effects of long COVID, and collaborate to ensure these patients are followed up after discharge.
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Addressing Resistant Candida auris
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Two clusters of pan- or echinocandin-resistant Candida auris, a highly transmissible yeast, prompted the CDC to emphasize surveillance and recommend that clinicians consider early antifungal susceptibility testing for patients with this infection.
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AACN News
Updates and Announcements
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This month, AACN’s Clinical Voices features summaries of six clinical articles, including topics on prophylactic anticoagulation, noninvasive hypotension prediction software and ambulatory ECMO. Each issue also offers the latest President’s Column and an inspiring Nurse Story.
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Submit Poster Abstracts for NTI 2022
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Poster abstract submissions for the National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition (NTI), May 16-19, 2022, in Houston, close at 11:59 p.m. PT, Sept. 14, 2021. The additional Co-Author Documentation deadline is 11:59 p.m. PT, Sept. 28, 2021. The five submission categories are Beacon, Chapter Best Practice, CSI, Evidence-based Solutions and Research. Please read the Poster Abstract Submission Guidelines linked toward the end of the webpage before submitting your abstract.
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Our webinars are a great way to catch up on professional learning – especially since they’re available anytime, anywhere and they’re free. Access AACN’s library of on-demand webinars, presented by national experts, for the latest insights on timely topics, including staffing during the pandemic, mitigating moral distress, healthy work environments, functional hemodynamics, leading within your unit and many more.
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COVID-19 Pulmonary, ARDS and Ventilator Resources
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