Scrubs
AUGUST 28, 2023
Ryan McVay | Thinkstock Some TV shows would have you believe that a nurse’s sole function is to be a hospital handmaiden. But nursing is so much more than dispensing meds and cleaning up Code Browns. So what’s it really  like being a nurse? What is being a nurse really like? It’s like walking a tightrope with your hands in your pockets. You must do this, that and the other, without unbalancing the act.
Minority Nurse
AUGUST 28, 2023
Despite being first identified in medical literature in the 1940s and impacting 5-12% of women annually, medical professionals rarely diagnose Lipedema due to the lack of training and awareness to recognize the disease. Nurses have the most face time with patients, so nurses must understand what Lipedema is and how to recognize the signs. We spoke with Ana Pozzoli, PT, CLT, National Lymphedema Network expert clinician, about how nurses can play a pivotal role in helping women receive care an
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Science Based Medicine
AUGUST 28, 2023
Brave maverick doctors (i.e., quacks) have long tried to portray themselves as "innovators" challenging an ossified medical consensus for the good of patients. This tradition continues among COVID-19 quacks, in particular the Frontline COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance and its founders. The post Quoth quacks, “The medical consensus has changed before, making my quackery science!
Minority Nurse
AUGUST 28, 2023
Have you ever felt like the energy you put into studying isn’t reflected in the outcomes you end up with? You aren’t alone. Like any other professional skill, studying is something you need to learn how to do. It might seem counterintuitive, says Regan A. R. Gurung, PhD, but taking the time and effort to learn top study skills is going to help you through school and in your professional life.
Sensible Medicine
AUGUST 28, 2023
This weekend at the European Society of Cardiology, I watched Professor Paulus Kirchhof present results of the NOAH AFNET 6 trial, which is also published in the New England Journal of Medicine. I describe it here for two reasons: it is an example of well-conducted unbiased study, and it deals with an increasingly common problem of short-duration episodes of atrial fibrillation.
Medical Terminology Blog
AUGUST 28, 2023
When teaching medical terminology, I would search for something to make terms more interesting for students or look for ways to lighten my medical terminology class presentation. I also spent time creating material for students to use as extra credit. But, most importantly, I sought activities to impress upon students the importance of being fluent in the language of medicine before they embarked on a healthcare career.
Health Populi
AUGUST 28, 2023
Appreciation for public health in America tends to be a local-love thing, according to research from the de Beaumont Foundation. The COVID-19 pandemic raised health citizens’ awareness of the role and importance of public health — and for 7 in 10 people in the U.S., inspired a favorable opinion of their local public health officials, de Beaumont found. the Foundation’s President and CEO, Briant Castrucci, DrPH, observed, “The shared pandemic experience seems to have driven dee
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