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This is a list of notable academic journals about nursing.. AACN Advanced Critical Care; AACN Nursing Scan in Critical Care; Advances in Neonatal Care; American Journal of Critical Care
In 2015, according to the Journal of Pioneering Medical Sciences, the nurse-patient ratio in Pakistan again was approximately 1:50. [8] In 2021, an interactive chart showing nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people) - Pakistan compared to all other countries in the world per The World Bank website. [9]
California has the only legislatively mandated nurse-to-patient ratios in the country. [3] In December 2020, during the fall/winter COVID-19 pandemic surge, governor Gavin Newsom gave all hospitals a temporary waiver from those mandates, which allowed hospitals, for example, to have ICU nurses care for three patients rather than two.
The ratios The Senate bill outlines specific minimum staffing standards for various units, which are 1-to-1 ratios of 1 registered nurse to 1 patient for critical care patients in the emergency ...
Inverse benefit law – Drug benefit-harm ratio falls with marketing; List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions; Medicines reconciliation; Medical device (such as hearing aids, for example) may be specified by a type of prescription; Off-label use – Use of pharmaceuticals for conditions different from that for which they were approved
Sometimes the term safety ratio is used, particularly when referring to psychoactive drugs used for non-therapeutic purposes, e.g. recreational use. [10] In such cases, the effective dose is the amount and frequency that produces the desired effect, which can vary, and can be greater or less than the therapeutically effective dose.
"The Use of Medicines in the United States".IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics.The Use of Medicines in the United States. June 2012. p. 40.
Some patients request to be switched to a different narcotic due to stigma associated with a particular drug (e.g. a patient refusing methadone due to its association with opioid addiction treatment). [4] Equianalgesic charts are also used when calculating an equivalent dosage of the same drug, but with a different route of administration.