A recent report from ResearchAndMarkets.com report predicts that the global disposable surgical devices market will grow in the coming years.
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The Perioperative Nurse Educator: A Multi-faceted Role with Vast Professional Development Opportunities
Perioperative nurse educators are essential to the work of perioperative nursing and are often charged with fulfilling a variety of roles in addition to staff education. Such roles may include learning facilitator, change agent, mentor, leader, champion for scientific inquiry and/or a partner for practice transitions (Harper & Maloney, 2022). Thus, it might be more appropriate to refer to perioperative nurse educators as perioperative nursing professional development (NPD) practitioners.
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Advanced Directives in Outpatient Settings
Understanding and incorporating a patient’s right to make decisions about their plan-of-care plays an integral role in overall health care outcomes. Honoring end-of-life choices in ambulatory settings is complex, since determination whether a health care organization will venerate a patient’s choice may vary based on services provided and specific patient populations served. It is also challenging for health care organizations to balance patient rights against possible ethical challenges.
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U.S. FDA Recognizes New Endoscope Guidance and More Among Updated List of ‘Appropriate’ Consensus Standards
The U.S. FDA has recognized ANSI/AAMI ST91:2021, Flexible and semi-rigid endoscope processing in health care facilities as a guidance document “appropriate for meeting requirements for medical devices under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.” Additionally, five other new or updated AAMI standards were added to the federal regulator’s list.
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Take Homemade Family Favorites to New Heights
Gathering together to enjoy a meal at the family table or a sweet treat at the end of a long day is what time with loved ones is all about. Turning to beloved classics can bring everyone running to the kitchen to share the flavors of those familiar favorites.
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Mayonnaise Matters
A few issues ago, I explained why your number one mission in the grocery store needs to be reading ingredient labels. Front of the box labels and misleading packaging is about marketing and profits, but the ingredient list is where the rubber meets the road. Most of us purchase mayonnaise so it is my favorite way to explain why label reading (and the knowledge needed to back it up) is so important.
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