End-of-life issues among topics at nurses’ annual gatheringThey care for the sickest patients, who sometimes die on their watch. When they do, critical care nurses want to make their final days and death as peaceful and painless as possible Max-packing appointments The incontinence mattress Virtual practice Game engages students in the battle for infection control Green burial Handwash beepers A fancy pedometer that keeps track of hand hygiene is how an American physician describes his invention aimed at preventing hospital infections. Medical abbreviation apps Behavioural economics and patient compliance Behavioural economics has long been used to study how emotional and social factors affect the economy: Human beings (and institutions) don’t always make rational decisions in everything, from shopping to stock purchases. Banish the white-coat effect First Previous 1532 1533 1534 1535 1536 Next Last
