During this educational webinar, senior clinical nurse consultant and Registered Nurse, Tammy Merrill will introduce participants to the elements of temperature management. Tammy will be defining normothermia and hypothermia, presenting on how to identify causes and complications of hypothermia, specifically in the perioperative patient and the importance of pre-warming. This…

As short staffing and operations challenges mount, US health system leaders have pivoted to length-of-stay management as an efficiency opportunity to optimize throughput logistics and reduce margin pressures. But is “begin discharge planning for patients upon admission” merely a goal without a plan? Are there key patient throughput drivers applicable…

Clearly, staffing alone is only one component of a comprehensive strategy to improve pandemic-exacerbated healthcare working conditions and essential patient care. In fact, the management of inpatient capacity is the central challenge of today’s leaders and frontline teams. The lack of the ability to consistently and efficiently plan across the…

During this educational webinar, Clinical Nurse Consultant Carley Gardner will share research and evidence-based practices in patient mobility and pressure injury prevention. Participants will be introduced to early mobility concepts and rationale as well as the effects of early mobilization on improved skin outcomes, specifically focusing on bed and support…

Newborn screening for Critical Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD) using pulse oximetry has led to significant improvements in child health outcomes. Shortly after CCHD screening was adopted by all 50 states in July 2018, an expert panel met to review remaining challenges and strategies. During this webinar, two CCHD nurse leaders…