1973–74 NHL season

During my time in clinicals on a pediatric floor, I have participated in the discharge of patients and their parents. Pain management and comfort were two of the few topics that parents expressed concern about after discharge teaching. While the nurse attempted to address these issues, it felt as though the parents left the hospital without full confidence in how to manage their child’s pain. It became clear that parents needed further, specific discharge education on pain management when their children were prescribed at-home analgesics. Rony, et. al. reflected these sentiments in their study in which they examined how parents view pain management at home. In this longitudinal study, Rony, et. al. investigated how 132 parents of children ages 2 to 12 assessed and managed post-operative pain of their children in the home after elective outpatient surgery. The investigators gave parental attitude surveys during the morning of the surgery, and then monitored attitudes for 48 hours postoperatively through a pain assessment/management diary. The results demonstrated that parents only gave a median of 1 dose of analgesics (range 0-3) despite their ratings indicating their child was in significant pain. Furthermore, the attitudinal survey showed parental concern about the adverse effects of analgesics as well as difficulty in determining signs of pain in children. Rony et. al. concludes their study with the notion that, “parents may benefit from interventions that provide them…

Prospect Impressions: Dramatic goals from NHL youngsters, Strome carves up Niagara, SHL goalie 's lighter-side Throughout the NHL, young players are making a major impact for their franchises as teams are relying upon youth to lead their teams into the playoffs. In this week 's Prospect Impressions, Rickard Rakell, Joel Armia, and Robby Fabbri are featured with highlight-reel goals. Nashville Predators forward Craig Smith has his shot blocked and you won 't believe who did it. Plenty…

Crystal Allen, author of How Lamar’s Bad Prank Won a Bubba-Sized Trophy is trying to portray teenage boy Lamar Washington as a confident self-proclaimed maddest, baddest, most spectacular bowler ever at Striker’s Bowling Paradise. Lamar’s summer is about to begin and with it comes the best bowling games, the opportunity in getting a summer job, and will finally get the girl of his dreams. Not to mention that his bowling idol Bubba Sanders is going to make an appearance at his favorite bowling…

1. The NHL Fan Fair Pass is a QR code that was offered to attendees who purchased tickets to the NHL Fan Fair online. Throughout the Fan Fair, those using the pass would be able to check-in at various sponsored activation sites for a chance to win prizes. The passes also proved to be beneficial for the NHL and its partners as it allowed them to gather valuable data on their fan’s activation preferences. 2. 3 Point Productions’ operations have evolved considerably over the past 4 years. More…