Perceptions of nurses caring for pregnant women in vegetative states.

Purpose: To explore the perceptions of labor and delivery nurses caring for women in persistent vegetative states with viable pregnancies.

Study Design And Method: For this qualitative research study, participants included a purposive sample of 13 RNs who provided bedside care to pregnant women in persistent vegetative states. The researchers simultaneously collected and analyzed data from the participants.

Worker safety and glutaraldehyde in the gastrointestinal lab environment.

Glutaraldehyde is considered a high-level surgical disinfectant commonly used in the United States in gastrointestinal lab environments. Glutaraldehyde requires proper ventilation when used as glutaraldehyde vapors are known irritants to the skin, eyes, nose, and lungs without proper ventilation in the work environment. Vapor concentration is the unit of measurement for the environmental presence of glutaraldehyde.