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By Don Sadler The field of perioperative nursing is going through a profound transition when it comes to the workforce. By 2020, more than half of all perioperative nurses will be Millennials born between 1980 and 1996. Members of this generation tend to look for...
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C Change Surgical is a small, highly focused U.S. firm formed in 2004 by a core group of variously skilled and experienced medical device executives. These executives operate a medical technology company passionately devoted to solving clinical problems and improving...
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The statistics with regard to safe patient handling and mobility (SPHM) are not encouraging. Let’s start with the fact that more than half (51 percent) of nurses say they have experienced musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) pain at work from handling patients, according to...
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By Matt Skoufalos For the past two years, surgical technologist Veronica Marella of the Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center has been making headlines for her innovative use of what would otherwise be surgical waste. Marella was inspired to repurpose the...
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By Don Sadler Despite the renewed attention that has been focused on the problem of healthcare associated infections (HAIs) and surgical site infections (SSIs) in recent years, the number of infections occurring remains alarmingly high. Approximately 300,000 SSIs...
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By Matt Skoufalos Brenda Muchelli calls herself “a second-degree nurse.” Like many in the field, medicine wasn’t her first vocational choice – at least, not human medicine. Muchelli’s first degree was in zoology, and her first assignment was at the nonprofit Cape May...
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