D M Wallace, J Burnley, B Langston, M Russell, K White, M H Stroud
{"title":"Education Coupled With In-Situ High Fidelity Simulation Improves Medical-Surgical RN Code Blue Comfort Levels.","authors":"D M Wallace, J Burnley, B Langston, M Russell, K White, M H Stroud","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pediatric, cardiopulmonary arrest is a rare event outside intensive care units in children's hospitals. Medical-surgical RNs rarely are involved in code situations and are often uncomfortable in performing necessary tasks. We implemented a multi-disciplinary educational plan, coupled with in-situ high-fidelity simulation, aimed at improving medical-surgical, RN comfort levels during codes. 260 medical surgical RNs on 10 separate hospital units parficipated. Pre and post intervention surveys were collected and compared. Results revealed a significant increase in the proportion of RNs responding \"very comfortable\" in all categories. Education, coupled with in-situ high-fidelity simulation, is an effective tool to increase RN comfortable levels during codes.</p>","PeriodicalId":75122,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society","volume":"113 9","pages":"222-224"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36636804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Antibiotic Stewardship is a National Security Priority.","authors":"Mandy Palmer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75122,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society","volume":"113 9","pages":"216-217"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36684550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clostridium Perfringens Sepsis With Massive Intravascular Hemolysis.","authors":"Marie Kent, Darrell R Over","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75122,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society","volume":"113 9","pages":"212-214"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36684551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Absurdities From the Wrong Side of the Sheets Part 4 - Moving On.","authors":"Vickie Henderson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75122,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society","volume":"113 9","pages":"225"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36684554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Parallel Lives.","authors":"Phillip A Snodgrass","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75122,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society","volume":"113 8","pages":"194-195"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36631615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tulika Pandey, Darrell R Over, James C Campbell, Steven Wright, Nicholas Willis, Abdul Ezeldin
{"title":"Acute Renal Infarction - Presentation and Causes: Two Case Reports.","authors":"Tulika Pandey, Darrell R Over, James C Campbell, Steven Wright, Nicholas Willis, Abdul Ezeldin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75122,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society","volume":"113 8","pages":"196-200"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36631617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preparing for the Future of Health Care.","authors":"Rhelinda McFadden, Chad Rodgers, Steven Chasteen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75122,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society","volume":"113 8","pages":"192-193"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36631616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The One SURE THING in Medicine.","authors":"Robert Hopkins","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75122,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society","volume":"113 8","pages":"185-187"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36631614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Talking Medicine at the Capitol. AMS Making Your Voice Heard During the 91st Arkansas General Assembly.","authors":"Casey L Penn","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75122,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society","volume":"113 8","pages":"186-187"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36631610","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Robert T Emery, Hunter L Brown, Katherine Q Emery, J R Baker
{"title":"Pheochromocytoma: A Rare Presentation.","authors":"Robert T Emery, Hunter L Brown, Katherine Q Emery, J R Baker","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pheochromocytoma is a very rare neuroendocrine tumor usually located in one or both adrenal glands with an incidence of about 4 per 1,000,000 and about 1000 diagnosed per year. Pheochromocytomas can be located in extra-adrenal locations with about 1% being located in the urinary bladder.(1) We describe the presentation, diagnosis and treatment of one of these extremely rare tumors in the bladder.</p>","PeriodicalId":75122,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society","volume":"113 8","pages":"188-190"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36631618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}