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Tulane Medical School: How to Get In [Episode 569]

Accepted Blog

Its Director of Admissions, Dr. Mike Woodson, is our guest today, and he’ll tell you what it takes to get in. Dr. Woodson discusses the unique aspects of Tulane’s medical program, including its focus on healing communities and its integration of nursing students into the curriculum. Thanks for tuning in.

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Is A Health Unit Coordinator Job Hard?

We Care Online

It needs mix of organizational skills, medical visions and ability to work effectively in fast-paced healthcare facilities. Health Unit Coordinators perform crucial administrative functions in hospitals, clinics, and healthcare facilities, freeing up medical staff to spend more time with patients. Healthcare documentation.

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Jury Finds Pulmonologist Liable for Failing to Monitor Patient

Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

Expert testimony is essential in medical malpractice cases. After admission to the hospital, Mr C was treated with antibiotics for community-acquired pneumonia. Two days after the patient’s admission to the hospital, Dr P performed a bronchoscopy on Mr C, involving bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and transbronchial biopsy.

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A Baby Step Backwards

The Healthcare Blog

There is a spectrum of hypertension, diabetes, and various other conditions that would have prompted co-management or transfer of care within these populations. Though this study attempts to exclude patients with complex conditions, it identifies and excludes only multiple gestations.

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Friday Reflection 32: The Trauma of Not Dying Alone

Sensible Medicine

Even though my practice is made up of about 750, overwhelmingly older people, mostly with chronic medical conditions, I only attend to the death of a patient a few times a month. He is otherwise well, with only hypertension, well-controlled on one medication. Others are transferred to inpatient hospice centers.

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“The Front Line Is Shrinking:” Nurses Re-Imagine Nursing at the #NurseHack4Health Hackathon

Health Populi

The solution built a QR code embedded with the patient’s full data (clinical, social determinants, and other relevant bits of information to complete the patient’s profile) with a designated caregiver at both ends of the transfer — from the originating site to the admission site.

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SWAT RNs: Supporting Bedside Leaders with Clinical Judgment

Minority Nurse

History and Assessment Mr. Salzo’s medical history is significant for childhood asthma and hypertension. Salzo is triaged, assessed by an ED nurse, examined by an ED provider, and admitted to a Medical-Surgical Unit. Conclusion Mr. Salzo, transferred to an oncology unit, begins cancer treatment. I kind of feel discombobulated.”

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