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Legal Update: Tapping into the self-insured employer market. Direct contracts with employers cut out insurance's middleman.

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How do you manage fluid waste? Readers reveal what it takes to keep OR floors dry during the messiest procedures.

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The case for IV anti-inflammatories. IV NSAIDs should figure prominently in multimodal pain protocols.

Take our blanket warmers quiz. Bonus points if you know the recommended maximum temperature for warming cabinets, and if warmed blankets can burn a patient.

Infection Prevention: Improving your antibiotic prescribing. Nurses can prevent antibiotic overuse by becoming stewards.

Reduce your radiation exposure. Don't ignore the very real threats of what you can't see.

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