Early warning systems aim to detect clinical deterioration of patients at an early stage. Between the Flags was introduced in New South Wales Health for this purpose. When patients are transferred from the emergency department to the ward, there are circumstances when the calling criteria need to be altered to take into account the clinical context. It is recognised that confusion exists among ...

BACKGROUND Among staff working in elderly care, a considerable proportion lack formal competence for their work. Lack of formal competence, in turn, has been linked to higher staff ratings of stress symptoms, sleep disturbances and workload. OBJECTIVES 1) To describe the strengths and weaknesses of an e-assessment and subsequent e-training program used among elderly care staff who lack formal...

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Introduction: The proliferation of cannabis dispensaries within the United States has emerged from patient demand for the legalization of cannabis as an alternative treatment for a number of conditions and symptoms. Unfortunately, nothing is known about the practices of dispensary staff with respect to recommendation of cannabis strains/concentrations for specific patient ailments. To address t...