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    Evidence-Based Practice by Nurses for Nurses: Encouraging Waiting Spontaneous Labor

    AHRQ posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Keeping women healthy during pregnancy and childbirth is critical not only to the health of the baby but also for the woman's lifelong health. Complications sustained during childbirth, including...
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    What You Can Do To Combat Childhood Obesity

    AHRQ posted a topic in Pediatric

    Childhood obesity has quickly become a major health issue impacting the US. According to the CDC, childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in the past 30 years...
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    Are you familiar with AHRQ?

    AHRQ posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is one of twelve agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Its mission is to improve the quality, safety,...
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    Navigating ADHD In Children and Teens

    AHRQ posted a topic in Pediatric

    The number of ADHD-related medical visits increased from 6.2 million in 2000 to 10.4 million in 2010. (1) Because there is no one medical or physical test that tells if someone has ADHD, we nurses...
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    How Are You Leading the Effort Against Heart Disease?

    AHRQ posted a topic in Cardiac

    Through Internet searches, social media posts, television commercials and advice from friends and family our patients might become overwhelmed by the sheer number of facts and figures about heart...
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    C-Diff: Ways to Make Your Patients Safer

    AHRQ posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Clostridium difficile infections can be painful, dangerous or even deadly. Because of this, reducing the number of patients infected with Clostridium difficile or C. difficile is a public health...
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    Patient Education in Nursing Care

    AHRQ posted a topic in Patient Education

    Ever wish there were more hours in the day? Especially when it comes to having discussions with your patients about treatment options for a condition? Every minute with your patient counts. Maximize...
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    Get the Clinical Bottom Line with AHRQ's Treatment Options Initiative

    AHRQ posted a topic in General Nursing

    Don't you wish there was one place to go for research that compares the effectiveness, risks, and side effects of drugs, medical devices, tests, surgeries, or ways to deliver health care? Look no...
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    Comparative Effectiveness Research in Nursing Care

    AHRQ posted a topic in Research

    Over the last several decades, advancements in research and health care have led to an overwhelming amount of information and increase in the number of treatments for many conditions and in a...
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    Comparative Effectiveness Research in Nursing Care

    AHRQ replied to AHRQ's topic in Research

    Hello Teresa, Yes, we are thinking about the same systematic review. Thanks for your help on that! And I agree that we don’t yet know about the contribution of turning toward pressure ulcer...
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    Comparative Effectiveness Research in Nursing Care

    AHRQ replied to AHRQ's topic in Research

    Given the interest, we'll start a discussion topic on pressure ulcers soon. You're always welcome to post any research and to include links to relevant
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    Comparative Effectiveness Research in Nursing Care

    AHRQ replied to AHRQ's topic in Research

    Teresag_CNS, this is an excellent comment for a number of reasons. You've identified a real and important problem that nurses face every day, but more so, you described the full context and kept it...