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The "Editorial" cites the prediction that 40,000 people will be afflicted with AIDS by the end of 1986. * "OR Nursing Law" answers nurses' questions about refusing to follow directives from their employers. One case concerns a nurse who was fired for trying to reduce the amount of overtime worked by nurses on her unit.
Another case discusses a nurse anesthetist who refused to administer the medication ordered by the anesthesiologist because she was afraid it would harm the patient. * An article discusses the relatively new cochlear implant procedure. * The author of an opinion article says that because death rarely happens in the OR, most nurses do not develop the emotional tools to deal with it.
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