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Spotlight On: Kristy A. Wheeler, MSN, RN, CNOR, Senior Clinical Nurse II, Acute Care Emergency Surgery Service Line Coordinator, University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), Baltimore
As a teenager, Kristy Wheeler grew up watching “ER,” the 15-season NBC medical drama that followed the lives of emergency room staff at a fictional Chicago hospital. The show resonated with her so much so that Wheeler decided to pursue a career as a surgical technologist.
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Patient-Focused Research Projects Win AAMI Foundation Grants
The AAMI Foundation has named the 2021 recipients of the Mary K. Logan Research Award Program. Two grants, totaling $80,000, were awarded to research initiatives that focus on improving patient outcomes by advancing the landscape of clinical alarms and enhancing radiation effects on breast cancer patients.
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The Demographics of Perioperative Nursing
This month we would like to comment on the demographic makeup of perioperative nursing. It may come as a surprise, but the total number of perioperative nurses is not known with any certainty.
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Identifying Vulnerabilities in Standards Compliance, Methods to Improve Performance
Understanding human factors and compliance go hand-in-hand when it comes to striving for patient safety within health care organizations.
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The Secret Food Club
By Kirsten Serrano In addition to nutrition work, I am a farmer. One of my big revelations as a farmer is that when it comes to the diversity of food – we’ve been duped. There is a whole world of food that’s probably not on your radar, one that contains a rich...
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