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FDA Report for Safer Medical Products for Healthcare Providers

American Medical Compliance

The following FDA Report for Safer Medical Products for Healthcare Providers educates healthcare providers (HCP) on how to report medical device malfunctions, serious injuries, or deaths associated with medical devices to the FDA. This is because reviewing complaints is important in determining if it is a reportable adverse occurrence.

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Nurse referrals to pharmacy

American Nurse

Evidence indicates that nurse referrals to pharmacy can help reduce side effects as a result of deprescribing, improve patient medication adherence, decrease costs, reduce hospitalizations, and improve quality of life. Ultimately, comprehensive risk reduction enhances patient quality of life. See Impact of polypharmacy.)

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Sleep and the glymphatic system

American Nurse

Takeaways: Similar to the lymphatic system, the glymphatic system acts as a glial-dependent waste clearance pathway in the brain to drain away soluble waste proteins and metabolic products. The hypnogram shows sleep quality and quantity, disruptions, and distribution of sleep stages. See Sleep processes.)

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Springer Publishing Earns 8 AJN Book of the Year Awards for 2023

Daily Nurse

The AJN Book of the Year program is a time-honored and prestigious competition honoring exceptional print and digital texts for advancing healthcare quality in nursing by exploring and advancing critical topics in health and healthcare since 1969. In addition, an extensive list of over 100 middle range theories is included in the appendix.

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Psychedelic Breakthroughs: Key Considerations for Clinical Trials

Healthcare Law Insights blog

The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research’s Manual of Policies and Procedures mandates preliminary preclinical data collection to confirm the product is reasonably safe for initial testing in humans. First, the site’s Quality Management System should be scrutinized along with key Standard Operating Procedures.

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Virtual reality: Treating pain and anxiety

American Nurse

A recent systematic review by Smith and colleagues found a statistically significant improvement in pain (67% of included studies) and anxiety (50% of included studies). Our literature review resulted in 30 relevant articles. The steps we took and barriers we surmounted might help you launch a similar program in your work setting.

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3 Potential Benefits of CBD for Nurses

Nurse.com

In recent years, the use of cannabis products to treat medical or physical ailments has seen growing acceptance in the health care and scientific community. To comply with federal law, hemp-derived CBD products must contain less than 0.3% Since its legalization, CBD use has grown in popularity.

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