Jamie Davis

Tess discusses her experience with the AACN’s clinical scene investigator academy program and about her project focusing on reducing venous thromboembolism (VTE) in pediatric ICU patients. Good day and welcome to this week’s episode of the Nursing Show podcast for nurses, by nurses. In this week’s episode, I recently attended the NTI Critical Care Nurses Conference in Houston and got the unique opportunity to chat with Tess Aberg, RN, BSN, CCRN. Tess discusses her experience with the AACN’s clinical scene investigator academy program and about her project focusing on reducing venous thromboembolism (VTE) in pediatric ICU patients.

Deb talks about her work with the Michigan Palliative and End-Of-Life views survey of health professionals. In the survey, she assessed perceived competencies in knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding the delivery of palliative and end-of-life (EOL) care to hospitalized patients across the lifespan. In this week’s episode, I recently attended the NTI Critical Care Nurses Conference in Houston and got the unique opportunity to chat with Deborah Price, DNP, MS, RN. Deb talks about her work with the Michigan Palliative and End-Of-Life survey of health professionals. In the survey, she assessed perceived competencies in knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding the delivery of palliative and end-of-life views (EOL) and care to hospitalized patients across the lifespan.

Julia presented at the conference on Generation X, Y and Z: The ABCs of Generational Diversity for Managers and Educators. Good day and welcome to this week’s episode of the Nursing Show podcast for nurses, by nurses. In this week’s episode, I recently attended the NTI Critical Care Nurses Conference in Houston and got the unique opportunity to chat with I talk with Julia K Eberwine, PhD, RN, CCRN-K, PCCN-CMC. Julia presented at the conference on Generation X, Y and Z: The ABCs of Generational Diversity for Managers and Educators.

Not true — although extra scrubbing can’t hurt and proper hand washing techniques and use of soap is encouraged, actually only 20 seconds is needed in order for hand washing to be effective, according to the Centers for Disease Control. This is especially critical for patients and their caregivers after surgery to help kill harmful bacteria and germs, including staph and MRSA, two leading bacteria that can cause surgical site infections. The survey results also indicated that infection was a top concern after surgery by the respondents having surgery or caring for recovering patients (69%), while one in three, who have actually had surgery, didn’t realize they could use antibacterial soap for handwashing and general skin cleansing to kill germs that potentially cause infections before surgery or after returning home. “Clean hands and strictly following pre- and post-surgery infection-prevention routines are essential to stopping germs from spreading, especially when you are caring for a recovering patient,” said Janet Carter Smith, Vice President, Retail, Mölnlycke Health Care.