Conquering CHD

JANUARY 17, 2025

Seeing two brothers have HLHS is extremely rare and even more rare is how differently the condition presented in each child, says Childrens Hospital Colorado cardiothoracic surgeon Max Mitchell, MD, who performed the procedures on Zane and advised on Zekes care. Within one day, our heart transplant team performed the transplant surgery.

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DAIC

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The cardiothoracic surgery programs at four Northwell Health hospitals received this distinguished accolade, showcasing their commitment to delivering exceptional care and achieving outstanding outcomes.

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Cardiothoracic Hospital Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Open-Heart Surgery 109

DAIC

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Getty Images milla1cf Wed, 02/21/2024 - 19:10 February 21, 2024 — Ochsner Children's Hospital , ranked among the top hospitals in the nation for pediatric cardiology and congenital heart surgery, is raising awareness of the need for more pediatric-specific heart devices. Yet, research and innovation in this field has not kept pace.

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Pediatrics Hospital Heart Failure Transplant 105

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MARCH 12, 2025

It is one of the vital signs often measured by interns, nurses, and physicians at doctors offices, at bedside, and possibly at home. All the interns at the Univeristy of Gondar Specialized Referral Hospital were approached. Epi-Data version 3.1 was used for data entry and exported to STATA 17 for data management and analysis.

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Blood Pressure Hospital Nursing Hypertension 52

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital-Plano in Texas cut times of cardiogenic shock diagnosis in half after implementing a quality improvement project that included nurse education and an electronic shock team alert, according to a study published Dec. 1 in Critical Care Nurse.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

JANUARY 23, 2025

The drivers behind burnout in cardiovascular nursing require country- and systemwide interventions unique to the speciality, according to a statement published Dec. 18 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Introduction:In-hospital strokes are estimated to account for 2-17% of all strokes. In addition, in-hospital strokes often result in delayed symptom recognition and slower coordination of stroke team response. In addition, in-hospital strokes often result in delayed symptom recognition and slower coordination of stroke team response.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Introduction:In-hospital strokes are estimated to account for 2-17% of all strokes. In addition, in-hospital strokes often result in delayed symptom recognition and slower coordination of stroke team response. In addition, in-hospital strokes often result in delayed symptom recognition and slower coordination of stroke team response.

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Nursing Hospital Strokes Stroke 40

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Background:Stroke nursing education is a requirement for Stroke Center designation. We assessed nurses’ performance during the educational process. Lectures were interactive with multiple-choice questions, polling and trivia, and allowed nurses to engage and ask questions. We used a zoom platform to provide stroke education.

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Nursing Education Strokes Stroke 40

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Screening to detect delirium in high-risk patients is important, yet hypoactive delirium is often missed in nurse-reported screening. The aim of the study is to assess whether SC-EEG as a screening instrument for delirium will increase the detection rate of postoperative delirium and reduce hospital stay of delirious patients.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Background:Because of the time-sensitive nature of stroke treatment, extensive efforts focus on reducing treatment time in the hospital and prehospital setting. Non-recordable paramedic-assisted videos allowed patients to be examined by an ED physician while in route to the receiving hospital, improving stroke treatment times.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Background and Purpose:Upon a retrospective review at two community based acute care hospitals our team determined an evidence based orderset was not selected at admission for all patients with an ischemic stroke leading to missed assessments and patient education opportunities. This was above the facility stretch goal of 78%.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Evidence indicates that patients receiving care from stroke specialized nurses, including nurse-led stroke prevention, show better outcomes. Conclusion:By identifying educational gaps, we were able to enhance nursing education; which improved stroke-patient education and outcomes.

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Education Nursing Strokes Stroke 40

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Background and Issue:Shared governance (SG) is an organized forum where bedside nurses are engaged in decision-making about professional practice, QI, and research to improve patient outcomes. Nursing engagement in SG has been linked to promoting improved nursing and patient outcomes.

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Nursing Stroke Strokes Education 40

Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

However, not all institutions can staff stroke-trained nurses 24/7. To address increasing after-hours DTP times, radiology staff nurses designed and implemented an institution-specific, comprehensive educational stroke training program for all night shift ED nurses.

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Nursing Stroke Strokes Education 40

Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Introduction:Stroke center designation generally specifies required education for nurses. Our system provides stroke education to hundreds of nurses annually. Nurses received immediate feedback. We were able to track attendance, graph results, and provide live feedback and immediate test results to all nurses.

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Education Nursing Technology Stroke 40

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Background:Stroke is a debilitating condition and patients with acute stroke usually stays about a week in the acute hospital. Those patients with impaired physical function may be transferred to a Community Hospital (CH) for further rehabilitation to optimize their function.

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Nursing Hospital Outpatient Strokes 40

Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Background:A post-pandemic culture without interdisciplinary rounds has led to a lack of communication between providers and nurses. NN developed a protocol for interdisciplinary rounds and communicated this with nursing, providers, and unit secretaries. NN educated nurses and providers about the evidence-based benefits of team rounds.

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Stroke Journal

JULY 5, 2024

This is important information for nurses to understand and share with their patients as a risk reduction strategy. Until air pollution levels are remediated, assessing Air Quality Index (AQI) and following the guidelines to decrease illness from exposure is imperative. It is important to take steps to decrease exposure to PM2.5,

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Nursing Strokes Stroke Diabetes 40

DAIC

JANUARY 4, 2024

Credit: American Association of Critical-Care Nurses milla1cf Thu, 01/04/2024 - 11:00 January 4, 2024 — The days of prolonged fasting prior to cardiac catheterization may be numbered, as the body of evidence grows to allow patients to eat before the procedure.

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Diet Critical Care Inpatient Nursing 105

Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Background:Strokes can occur anywhere in the hospital and stroke codes are not limited to dedicated stroke units. Despite this, most educational resources are focused on stroke-specific units rather than on all inpatient nursing areas. Stroke unit nurses also completed a fourth puzzle focused on patient education.

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Nursing Education Innovation Strokes 40

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

An opportunity was identified to improve thrombolytic administration times by identifying and creating a timer keeper role as well as having a nursing code stroke checklist. A form was developed for nursing staff which included stroke metrics as well as time goals for each metric.

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Nursing Education Strokes Stroke 40

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Thus, the evolution a Rapid Response Team to a Nurse Responder Team. The median door to needle time before the nurse responder team was 90 minutes and after the nurse responder team the median was 52.5. Training consisted of on-line learning management system courses, preceptorship, and simulation training.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The AHS’s Nursing Professional Development (NPD) department identified inaccuracies in data collection and minimal educational resources for improvement.Hypothesis:Would a nurse-centric Resuscitation Institute impact quality survivability metrics at an AHS?Goals:The

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Nursing COVID-19 Education Document 40

DAIC

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Image courtesy of the UT Health Science Center milla1cf Thu, 02/15/2024 - 13:16 February 15, 2024 — Research findings in a clinical trial led by a professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center ’s College of Nursing are likely to dramatically change care and improve outcomes for patients suffering from acute stroke.

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Stroke Strokes Nursing Blood Clot 105

Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Nurse navigators have been utilized in other specialties resulting in positive impacts on patient care. Nurse navigators are becoming an important part of Stroke Center teams. Background:After discharge can be a vulnerable time for stroke patients and their caregivers.

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European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

JANUARY 27, 2025

After acute HF, HF nurses provide home care suggestions based on oedema status assessed at outpatient clinics. We recruited 761 patients hospitalized for HF. Multisegmented and multifrequency BIA-derived EIs were measured at HF nurse outpatient clinics after discharge for 6 months.

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Nursing Heart Failure Outpatient Outcomes 40

Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Introduction:The transitional period from hospital discharge to the community for stroke survivors is a vulnerable time as patients navigate healthcare systems with their new impairments. The program involves telephone visits with a stroke-specialized nurse within 1 week after discharge and 3 months post-discharge. vs 69.3%, p=0.04).

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Hospital Strokes Stroke Nursing 40

Journal of the American Heart Association

MARCH 7, 2025

BackgroundTelemedicine interventions (TMIs) for heart failure (HF) can reduce hospitalizations and deaths. Patients hospitalized because of HF were randomized to usual care or a multicomponent TMIs. The nurse was linked to a cardiologist for teleconsultations, according to predefined decision trees.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Introduction:Increasing RN turnover rates are a noteworthy and nuanced problem for many nurse leaders. It is a particular challenge within specialty units, resulting in the loss of specialty nursing knowledge, assessment, and critical thinking skills relevant to specific patient populations.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Background:The recognition of in-hospital strokes (IHS) and their subsequent interventions remain challenging. Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWP148-AWP148, February 1, 2024. IHS do not have guideline-based efficiency metrics established. Only 1 in 5 IHS receive treatment within 60 minutes of symptom recognition time (SRT).

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Hospital Nursing Hemorrhage Stroke 40

Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Participants were recruited from a university-affiliated hospital and randomized at a 1:1 ratio into the intervention or the control groups. Participants in the intervention group received a 6-week nurse-led CSM of Self-Regulation-based self-care program and usual care. Control group participants only received the usual care.

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Nursing Heart Failure Quality of Life Outcomes 40

Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Survivors often require extended care at skilled nursing facilities (SNF) or long-term acute care centers (LTAC). Included patients were discharged from the hospital to an extended care facility. Demographics, aSAH characteristics, hospital complications, and post-aSAH neurological status were analyzed.

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DAIC

MAY 7, 2024

This is especially important in rural facilities and large hospital networks, where transfers may take hours to get from one facility to the next. Imaging at a referring facility allows physicians to evaluate the need for further scans in the interventional suite, accelerating clinical decisions and reducing unnecessary imaging.

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Technology Nursing Stroke Strokes 105

DAIC

JUNE 13, 2024

Goar received the recognition during a special ceremony in Paris, France, along with esteemed cardiothoracic surgeon, Professor Ottavio Alfieri of San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy. The Ethica Award is presented every year to outstanding colleagues for their achievements and contributions to the cardiovascular field.

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Cardiothoracic Interventional Cardiology Bicuspid/Mitral Innovation 104

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Surgeon

MARCH 29, 2024

Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Improves Performance through Better Medical Record Management KCummings Fri, 03/29/2024 - 08:54 Overview In the fast-paced environment of healthcare, hospitals face significant challenges related to medical records. Accurate and relevant data from the STS Database uncovered areas for improvement.

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Hospital Document Echocardiogram Nursing 49

DAIC

MAY 2, 2024

Heart failure (HF) is a leading cause of hospitalization in the United States. Discharge weight was higher than admission weight in 20% of HF hospitalizations, highlighting the challenges facing physicians and patients to effectively remove excess fluid.

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Heart Failure Inpatient Hospital Research 105