Perceptions of Live Streaming Compared With an In-Person Nursing Conference: A Quality Improvement Project.

Objective: The aim of this study was to understand registered nurses' (RNs') perceptions of attending a live streaming versus in-person continuing education event.

Background: During the COVID-19 global pandemic, in-person continuing education events for healthcare providers required conversion to digital platforms. Literature is sparse regarding healthcare providers' perceptions on attending a live streaming continuing education event.

Effectiveness of a Medical vs Revascularization Intervention for Intermittent Leg Claudication Based on Patient-Reported Outcomes.

Importance: Intermittent claudication (IC) is the most common presentation of infrainguinal peripheral artery disease. Both medical and revascularization interventions for IC aim to increase walking comfort and distance, but there is inconclusive evidence of the comparative benefit of revascularization given the possible risk of limb loss.

Objective: To compare the effectiveness of a medical (walking program, smoking cessation counseling, and medications) vs revascularization (endovascular or surgical) intervention for IC in the community, focusing on outcomes of greatest importance to patients.

Test Characteristics of Emergency Physician-Performed Limited Compression Ultrasound for Lower-Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis.

Background: The current literature suggests that emergency physician (EP)-performed limited compression ultrasound (LCUS) is a rapid and accurate test for deep vein thrombosis (DVT).

Objective: Our primary objective was to determine the sensitivity and specificity of LCUS for the diagnosis of DVT when performed by a large heterogeneous group of EPs.

Methods: This was a prospective diagnostic test assessment of LCUS conducted at two urban academic emergency departments.

Patient- and family-centered perinatal care: partnerships with childbearing women and families.

Providing patient- and family-centered care is not a simple endeavor. It requires a transformation in organizational culture that is reflected in a myriad of details at the departmental, clinical, and individual provider and patient levels. Patient- and family-centered practitioners know that it is not a recipe or formula of specific practices, but an evolving approach that guides policy and program development, facility design, decision making, and daily interactions throughout the healthcare system.

Retrograde autologous prime with shortened bypass circuits decreases blood transfusion in high-risk coronary artery surgery patients.

Previous studies have shown that minimizing the amount of hemodilution during open-heart surgery reduces the need for a blood transfusion. Transfusion increases a patient's medical risks and leads to increased costs. We used a shortened bypass circuit, primed with autologous blood in a retrograde fashion, to decrease red cell transfusion in high-risk patients.

Standardizing sliding scale insulin orders.

The objective of this study was to decrease variation in an inpatient setting in diagnosing and treating patients with a secondary diagnosis of type II diabetes mellitus. Physician ordering practices were reviewed in a 262-bed acute care hospital with 489 physicians on the active medical staff. Using standard quality improvement methodology, the diagnosis of and care of hyperglycemia and type II diabetes mellitus was analyzed and changes in ordering practice recommended.

Journey of providing care in hospice: perspectives of occupational therapists.

The purpose of this study was to explore the perspectives of occupational therapists with regard to their role in hospice and to examine whether occupational therapists experienced a conflict in supporting the dual status of living and dying for individuals with terminal illness. A qualitative analysis revealed the following themes: tuning in and comfort care, loss, working toward death, journey with patient, team player, use of occupational therapy, and dichotomous role. These themes demonstrated that occupational therapists played a significant role in hospice, helping individuals with terminal illness to live life fully and comfortably while facing death.