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Nursing Quiz to Test Your Medical Skills

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They carry out doctor’s orders, check up on patients throughout the day, and make sure providers have accurate information when looking at the patient’s chart. Nurses may need to refresh their memory of this knowledge every few years to make sure they have the latest and most up to date information. 34 12 votes, 1.9

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What I Read Last Week

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I even have a talk, “keeping up on the literature.” I then use my other “media” – NYT, NPR, twitter, office chatter – to find other articles I should be reading. Last week, there were no articles that changed my practice but there were a few that I found interesting. The follow-up was 11.2

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The Top 6 Common Patient Complaints: Strategies for Effective Responses 

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In this article, we will help you understand this dynamic and complex problem. RELATED ARTICLE:  Incorporating Patient Feedback to Improve Practice Productivity Why Patient Feedback Matters Patient feedback helps you define common problems in your practice. They can then follow this up with a written version of the explanation.

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Nurses Mourn the End of California’s Mask Mandate in Hospital Settings

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“It just doesn’t follow the science. ” Now that the state mask mandate is null and void, it’s up to each facility to implement its own mask requirements. Chin-Hong said he expects many hospitals will still require masks for all patients and staff but that requiring every facility to mask up no longer makes sense.

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I Am Afraid of Early Cancer Screening: Part III

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I’m writing about Dr. Attia because a dozen readers referenced him in comments and emails about the first two articles in this series. He posted a nice article in January on his website that summarize some of his views. If you appreciate our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. ” Going further, Dr. .

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Universal Depression Screening Leads to Unnecessary Harm

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A subsequent article in BMC Medicine highlighted the dearth of evidence. The title of this article kind of says it all: The authors suggest a depression screening RCT should exclude individuals with known depression, randomize people to screening or no screening, and make the same mental health services available to both groups.

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Should Doctors Use Chat-GPT to Practice Medicine?

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Dereck Paul is the co-founder of Glass Health, a start-up in San Francisco that offers artificial intelligence chatbot services to doctors looking to ease the burden of routine processes, such as patient documentation. “So, what tests they would order and what treatments they would order.”