July, 2023

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Become A Traveling Nurse To Enhance Your Career

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Travel Nursing is in high demand and my Travel Nursing Agency “Valley Health Care Staffing” will work to get your Nursing Dream job. If you’ve ever wondered how you could make the most of your nursing profession education and experiences then Travel Nursing is your answer. This will enhance your Nursing Resume by career advancement possibilities that comes with awesome nursing benefits which include: access to competitive high pay, free housing, work/life balance, professional experi

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Medical Assistant vs Patient Care Technician

Medical Assistant Guide

When considering a career in healthcare, there are many options to choose from. Two high-demand healthcare professions are medical assistants and patient care technicians. While both roles involve providing care to patients, there are key differences in training, job responsibilities, and career opportunities.

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Ten Things I Know for Sure About Nursing Leadership

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN We are in turbulent times in healthcare. Planning in nursing leadership today can be challenging. As one of my nurse leader colleagues recently told me – I keep learning that so much of what we have done in the past won’t work in the future. The world […] The post Ten Things I Know for Sure About Nursing Leadership appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Barbie in Health Care – Joining the Barbie Zeitgeist

Health Populi

Barbie is having a moment, marketers agree. This weekend, many of us will buy movie tickets (yes, to see “real” movies in “real” brick-and-mortar cinemas) to see both the new film Oppenheimer along with the Barbie movie. So many movie-goers will be making it a double-feature experience that started as a meme, the portmanteau “Barbenheimer,” to mark the cultural-phenomenon moment.

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RFK Jr. resurrects an old antivax half-truth about “saline placebos” in randomized controlled trials of vaccines

Science Based Medicine

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has resurrected the antivax claim that the childhood vaccine schedule has never been tested in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with a saline placebo controls (and therefore the vaccine schedule is unsafe). This is an old and deceptive antivax half-truth that ignores both what constitutes a scientifically valid placebo and the ethical requirements for RCTs.

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"I just want to work on my car"

Sensible Medicine

I always tell junior faculty that your contract means little, and, indeed, I found that to be the case, when a mid-career faculty departed and I inherited a third of his lung cancer patients. Yet, like most unexpected clinical changes in my career, I ended up learning unexpected truths. One man taught me about lung cancer screening. He was the most improbable 74 year old.

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Online Schooling for Medical Assistants

Medical Assistant Guide

In today’s fast-paced world, online schooling has become a popular choice for individuals looking to pursue a career in the medical field. One such career option is that of a medical assistant.

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Mandated Nurse Staffing Ratios

Emerging RN Leader

Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Like many of you, I watch the news about the push for mandated staffing ratios. Nurse advocates confidently tell legislators that with 5.2 licensed nurses (if that number is even accurate), there are more than enough nurses to staff the US health system. The only reason they are […] The post Mandated Nurse Staffing Ratios appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Aging and the New Home Health, Tech-Enabled – Learning from Nature

Health Populi

“Digital technologies offer tremendous potential for shifting from traditional medical routines to remote medicine,” with the role of wearables playing a growing role in the new home care for healthy aging. But what are the challenges of deploying this promising tech with older people keen to be independent at home? We learn a lot about prospects and challenges in Digital health for aging populations, a Perspective report in Nature Medicine ‘s July 2023 issue.

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Aspartame and Cancer

Science Based Medicine

Despite the leaked new classification as a "possible" carcinogen, the evidence still shows aspartame is safe. The post Aspartame and Cancer first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Shadowing a Nurse for Career Growth

Minority Nurse

Are you feeling stuck in your nursing career? Shadowing another nurse to learn about a new role and work setting can make all the difference in your career. Whether you are you a new nursing student considering which nursing specialty fits your skills and passions or a veteran nurse who wants to move into a new area and gain additional expertise, taking the time to shadow another nurse can accelerate your decision making.

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5 embarrassing new nurse mistakes

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Image: iStockphoto | Thinkstock Regrets, I’ve had a few…but then again, too few to…wait, what? Nurses make mistakes. Lots of them. Most of the time we catch ’em before they become a big deal. Maybe you’ve pulled a medicine at the wrong time or called a patient by the wrong name, or done something vaguely harebrained that won’t necessarily cause harm, but will cause embarrassment.

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Is Medical Assisting a Good Career Choice?

Medical Assistant Guide

If you want to become a medical assistant, you may be wondering if it is a good career choice. There are several factors to consider when weighing the pros and cons of pursuing a career in medical assisting.

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The Opioid Epidemic and Foster Care: The Opioid Epidemic’s Forgotten Victims

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The opioid epidemic has continued to make a devastating impact across the United States. In 2010, officials reported 21,088 opioid related deaths. By 2018, this number had risen to 46,802. The next four years saw an even larger increase, with 68,630 opioid related deaths reported in 2022. Despite public conversation and consistent news coverage of the individuals affected by the opioid epidemic, there remains a large segment of society that is often overlooked: children and youth in foster care.

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GNC Offers “Free Healthcare” — Telehealth, Generic Meds, and Loyalty in the Retail Health Ecosystem

Health Populi

The retail health landscape continues to grow, now with GNC Health offering a new program featuring telehealth and “curated set” of 40+ generic prescription drugs commonly used in urgent care settings. The services are available to members of GNC’s new-and-improved loyalty program, GNC PRO Access , which is priced at a fixed fee of $39.99 for one year’s membership.

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The Study of the Week Looks Back and Asks One Question

Sensible Medicine

I am worried about the state of medical science and our journals. At the risk of sounding naive, I want to believe that people who choose academic medicine do so to answer important scientific questions. I’ve traveled the world and met academics. Many of them impress me as serious people trying to advance the field. But that observation is hard to square with some of the studies that make it into big journals—and then into the lay press.

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Nurses with Disabilities: A Skilled Workforce

Minority Nurse

Nurses with disabilities find the nursing industry offers excellent career paths that help them fulfill their goals, regardless of disability. Whether nurses have a disability before they enter the workforce or become disabled after their licensure, they are needed to fill jobs and help broaden the diversity of the nursing workforce, says Karen McCulloh RN, BS , co-founder and co-director of the National Organization of Nurses with Disabilities (NOND).

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A translation guide for physician-speak

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Image: Corbis Photography | Veer Are you a new nurse? Do you find yourself bewildered by doctor-speak? Don’t panic! Auntie Agatha has your translation guide right here. Physician: “This will feel like a pinch.” Translation: “This will feel like I’m shooting you with a small-caliber handgun in slow motion.” Physician: “The patient presents with an interesting medical history…” Translation: ”Way too much to go into here; check out the previous doctor’s dictation.

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Can Medical Assistants Work From Home?

Medical Assistant Guide

Many people are interested in pursuing a career as a medical assistant, but they often wonder if it is possible to work from home in this profession.

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COVID-19 has exposed the toothlessness of state medical boards

Science Based Medicine

A report in The Washington Post last week revealed just how badly state medical boards have been failing when dealing with physicians spreading COVID-19 misinformation and using quackery to prevent and treat the disease. None of this is anything new, unfortunately. The pandemic has merely stress tested state medical boards, and most have failed because of political choices made long ago.

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Location, Location, Location – Understanding Health Consumers’ Evolving Definition of Convenience

Health Populi

The definition of “convenience” in the eyes of patients, consumers, and caregivers is multi-faceted, with the concept of “location” shifting both physically and digitally. We learn this in new research from JLL , the global real estate services company. “Why is a real estate services company doing research into consumers’ views on health care?

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On the meaning of a coronary blockage. Chapter 2 of the mini-series

Sensible Medicine

Last week I wrote about the COURAGE trial. At the time, in 2007, the cardiology world was stunned to learn that opening partially blocked coronary arteries—in stable patients—did not lead to fewer heart attacks or less cardiac death compared to tablets alone. I chose the verb stunned because nearly the entire focus of cardiology at the time was the search for ischemia due to these blockages—so that they could be “fixed.” Od habits are hard to break, so, post-COURAGE

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When the Nurse’s Intuition Tingles

Minority Nurse

Nurses are astute clinicians often endowed with a keen helping of intuitive discernment. This ability to sense that something is wrong — or about to go wrong — has likely saved countless patients’ lives over centuries of nursing care. Whatever it is and wherever it comes from, a nurse’s intuition is something we can choose to pay heed to and to increasingly nurture, sharpen, and trust as the years go by.

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12 factors that fuel a nurse’s burnout

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Image: Stockbyte | Thinkstock What are the the deadly dozen circumstances and characteristics that can lead to burnout and empathy fatigue ? Check which statements ring true for you, and if you’re nodding at every statement on the list below, please seek support (or at the very least, do a little soul searching). 1. Toxic supervisor and lack of colleague support 2.

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Tuning Into Information You May Not Want to Hear

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A wise mentor once told me that just because you are not hearing about something as a leader does not mean it is not happening. I have realized throughout my career that this is sage advice. A nurse manager recently told me about her CNO, who had […] The post Tuning Into Information You May Not Want to Hear appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Washington Post Falls For Acupuncture Pseudoscience

Science Based Medicine

An opinion piece falls for all the usual acupuncture misdirection. The post Washington Post Falls For Acupuncture Pseudoscience first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Verifiable Lands $27M Series B from Craft Ventures to Automate Healthcare Provider Credentialing

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Verifiable, an API-first innovator to the antiquated provider network management software category, has raised $27 million in Series B funding led by Craft Ventures to accelerate its next stage of growth and product innovation. Verifiable’s […] The article Verifiable Lands $27M Series B from Craft Ventures to Automate Healthcare Provider Credentialing appeared first on electronichealthreport

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Maintenance of Certification Has to Go

Sensible Medicine

We are two practicing physicians who strongly support a petition gaining traction on Change.org to eliminate the American Board of Internal Medicine’s Maintenance of Certification (MOC) requirement. From our perspective, MOC is a financial product made to enrich a professional organization that has no credible data that it ensures better physicians.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Aneesah Coates

Minority Nurse

Aneesah Coates, BSN, RN, is an experienced psychiatric mental health nurse with nearly ten years of experience in acute care, long-term care, and home health care. She is the owner of aneesahcoates.com and is passionate about helping nurses, current and aspiring, learn more about the profession. Coates works at a mental health crisis center as a senior professional evaluation nurse, preceptor to new nurses, Nursing Journal Club facilitator, and nursing department trainer for new staff.

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Vacation better: How to plan a budget-friendly nurse vacation

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stocksy |Lumina Nurses, you work hard—harder than most. And we don’t need to tell you that those carefree “sand and sun moments” come few and far between. Which is why your vacation time, any vacation time at all, is a big deal. Not to mention wonderful, and vital to your sanity. It sure is a shame when a limited budget or an ultra-rigid schedule puts a rush on your long-awaited sabbatical.

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A Team First Mindset

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC For years, nurse leaders never thought much about teamwork. It seemed like such a natural part of nursing. Over the past couple of years, nurse managers are seeing changes in how many younger nurses view teamwork and collaboration. Some nurses have no interest in being team players. They […] The post A Team First Mindset appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.