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Be on the lookout for these special online articles that focus on the issues facing the endo nurse community.

Malpractice/Lawsuit Prevention
Use defensive documentation to protect against lawsuits. Learn how to protecting your nursing license.

Underlying Pathology
Endoscopy nurses often encounter patients who have comorbidities in addition to the problems that brought them to the GI unit. How can a nurse factor in the effects of eating disorders, psychiatric problems, and other diseases when treating patients?

Efficiency Improvements
Learn how to improve the patient admission process, endoscopy team communication, and how to decrease cancellations by adding pre-procedure phone calls.

GI reimbursement
Learn how to code procedures efficiently and appropriately, in order to maximize reimbursement for each procedure.

Nursing Education
Learn about innovations in nursing education, such as the DAVE GI nursing project and the new Doctor of Nursing Practice degree, and see how the GI nurse practitioner can function within the endo unit.

Employee Safety
Learn how to avoid work-related injuries in the endo unit.

Employee Management Techniques
Discover how to manage difficult employees -- staff members who are unfriendly to coworkers or patients, unresponsive to authority, chronically late, or persistent whiners.

Patient Care Innovations
Learn about delivering patient care via the Internet and other new discoveries to improve efficiency and patient satisfaction.