Despite the importance of neurological assessment, there is a lack of research directed at nurses' competency in performing these assessments. We aimed to identify nurses' competency levels in performing neurological assessments and prioritize their related training needs using importance-performance...
The active implementation period began 1 month after the kickoff (Figure 1), which was the day that the site launched the program, providing 1 month for facility teams to initiate QI activities before assessment of outcomes began. The kickoffs were scheduled in waves, with 2 sites per wave;...
Decision Made to Intubate: Perform Neurological Assessment Whenever possible, urgent management of the airway should coincide with a focused neurological assessment. The examination can typically be conducted in 2 min or less. The pre-sedation/pre-intubation neurologic exam establishes a baseline that is...
In the California sea lion, the late spring corresponds to an in utero period of functional brain maturation, while the summer period corresponds to either a prenatal period of embryonic diapause or postnatal nursing. This latter period is not thought to be at high risk for domoic acid ...
After discharge from the hospital, both groups of patients were treated similarly. Around half of the patients were (re)transferred to a nursing home, around a third of the conservatively treated patients and half of the operated patients were treated on an outpatient basis, and around a tenth...