Scrubs

JULY 28, 2023

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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Health Populi

JULY 24, 2023

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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Emerging RN Leader

JULY 23, 2023

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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Science Based Medicine

JULY 26, 2023

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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Scrubs

JULY 28, 2023

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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Minority Nurse

JULY 26, 2023

Robin Geiger, DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, is an accomplished, results-driven, board-certified nurse executive with over 20 years of hands-on clinical leadership experience. Dr. Geiger’s professional focus is on health equity and clinician advocacy, aiming to increase resilience for healthcare providers, improve quality care and create solid support systems through the ACT (Advocacy.

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Science Based Medicine

JULY 24, 2023

Dr. Peter McCullough and a number of "anti-COVID-19 vaccine" antivaxxers out there has pivoted to quackery to "detox" from the supposedly malign effects of COVID-19 vaccines. Everything old is new again, this time with nattokinase. The post “Base Spike Detox” and Signature Spike Support Formulas: Nattokinase quackery to treat COVID-19 and COVID-19 “vaccine injury” first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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JULY 27, 2023

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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Sensible Medicine

JULY 24, 2023

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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Health Populi

JULY 27, 2023

“Brick-and-mortar pharmacies forge meaningful connections with customers” through conversations between pharmacists and patients, “on a first-name basis.” This quote comes from Christopher Lis, managing director of global healthcare intelligence at J.D. Power who released the company’s annual 2023 U.S. Pharmacy Study today, the 15th year the research has been conducted.

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Science Based Medicine

JULY 28, 2023

Conspirituality is a must-read for anyone who seeks to understand the daunting task we face in repairing the damage done by disinformation doctors. The post Conspirituality: A Book Recommendation first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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JULY 26, 2023

Shutterstock | Photographee.eu The biggest issue in nursing isn’t training or hours. It’s staffing. We , as a profession, have become so used to short-staffing and double shifts that having less-than-horrible staffing is cause for celebration. Horrible staffing saves money, and let’s face it: Management’s chief concern (outside of Press Ganey scores) is money.

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Sensible Medicine

JULY 26, 2023

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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Learning + Leading

JULY 27, 2023

The pharmacy technician shortage is a significant challenge facing the healthcare industry. It is putting a strain on pharmacists, pharmacy operations and patient care delivery.

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Science Based Medicine

JULY 25, 2023

The third installment in debunking the antivaxxer book “Turtles All the Way Down”: Chapter 3, “Deficient by Design: The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)”. The post The Grand Debunk of the antivaxxer book “Turtles All the Way Down” (part 3/10) first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Scrubs

JULY 25, 2023

Six years ago, I balanced a single spoonful of applesauce in my hand and decided to become a nurse. That spoonful of applesauce was for my father, who lay prone in a hospital bed after suffering from a hemorrhagic stroke. My family, clustered around Dad’s bed, verbally worried about the level of care he was getting now and what he might expect in the future.

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Sensible Medicine

JULY 28, 2023

MJ is a 24-year-old man who presents to his primary care physician on March 16, 2020 with fever, myalgia, and sore throat. He recently came home to Chicago from New York City after his college sent the students home. Sensible Medicine is a reader-supported publication. If you appreciate our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. My career has been bracketed by an epidemic and a pandemic.

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Learning + Leading

JULY 28, 2023

T he success of your Medical Assistant (MA) program depends on the quality of the learning solutions and certification partner. A reputable partner offering Nationally accredited certifications can have a profound impact on the program.

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Minority Nurse

JULY 28, 2023

World Hepatitis Day is marked every year on July 28 with an goal to provide education that will save lives. The awareness day, one of the World Health Organization’s seven officially mandated global public health days , gives healthcare workers and community organizers a platform to encourage people to get tested for the viral disease and begin needed treatment that can save their lives.

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Scrubs

JULY 24, 2023

iStock | Cottonfioc It can be hard to de-stress as a nurse. Not only is your job incredibly stressful and emotional, but also you tend to work long hours and rotating shifts. Finding the time to relax can be tough, but as you know, it’s so important for your mental and physical health. So what’s a busy nurse to do? Try these five little stress-relievers: 1.

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Ciox

JULY 27, 2023

 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new voluntary primary care model – the Making Care Primary (MCP) Model. This 10.5-year, multi-payer model, with three tracks, is being tested in eight states slated for July 2024. Participation will come from across healthcare systems in each of the participating states including clinicians, community-based organizations (CBOs), and Medicaid agency payers, with plans to engage private payers soon.

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Sensible Medicine

JULY 27, 2023

Adam and I discuss three topics I) The MIND Trial published in NEJM. Does a special diet reduce the future risk of cognitive decline? II) HFpEF — I am speaking at a congress on heart failure with preserved ejection fraction this week, and Adam helps me out with some pointers. III) NYT published a Sunday front page story on potential overuse of procedures for peripheral artery disease.

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Minority Nurse

JULY 27, 2023

When we think of the business term “ROI” — return on investment — nursing and what nurses do on a day-to-day basis may not readily spring to mind. However, when you’re a nurse who wants to understand how to tell the story of your value to an employer and communicate what you see as your true worth as a healthcare professional, thinking in terms of your ROI can be a strong strategy for self-promotion.

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Scrubs

JULY 23, 2023

Image: Thinkstock | Dorling Kindersley RF Some hospital patients are unforgettable, whether because of their terrible visitors or their wild antics. Occasionally, even their rooms become memorable to the poor nurses who had to care for them! Here are the top 10 craziest things patients have insisted on keeping in their hospital rooms, as told by you !

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NHA Now

JULY 25, 2023

Samaria Ramos of Chicago, Illinois, was awarded a $1,000.00 student scholarship from the National Healthcareer Association (NHA) at the 2023 HOSA International Leadership Conference. Samaria Ramos is a natural leader with a passion for helping those in need. She aspires to become a travel nurse so that she can use her ambition and desire to improve healthcare equity, help her community and educate others.

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Beacon

JULY 25, 2023

How Can You Deliver CPE To CPAs? In today’s ever-changing marketplace, it can be difficult to find, train, and retain the best Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) to maintain a competitive advantage. You can attract and retain top talent at your firm by offering Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits to your employees and staff.

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Learning + Leading

JULY 25, 2023

As a health sciences educator, you know how important it is to align your program with the latest industry trends and developments. By keeping up with industry advancements, you can provide the most relevant and up-to-date information to best prepare your students for their future as medical assistants.

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Scrubs

JULY 22, 2023

iStockPhoto | ThinkStock + Scrubs Nursing school was TOUGH. To this day, I still have flashbacks of panicked moments during those four overwhelming years of assignments and clinicals. Needless to say, I looked forward to graduation day and the pinning ceremony with relish. (I may or may not have drawn a smiley face with red heart eyes on the calendar…) Graduation day went off without a hitch, and then….reality hit.

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Relias

JULY 25, 2023

At the beginning of 2020, we never could have imagined that the development of a vaccine for a virus would be the highlight of our year. It gives us all hope for a better future in life after COVID-19. Some of the other hardships we endured that year also brought hope for positive changes in the behavioral health landscape. Through all the extraordinary challenges of 2020, we learned much that can serve us moving forward.

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Sensible Medicine

JULY 24, 2023

Everyone gets excited when a top researcher was found to oversee a trainee who photoshopped a western blot. “Yes! we found an example of fraud” “OMG, the culture in his laboratory was so horrible.” “Yay, science is self-correcting!” Some of these things were said recently, when the Stanford University president resigned to spend more time doing research (which, ironically, was the problem).

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Health Populi

JULY 25, 2023

Patients’ perceptions of health care quality and experience have fallen in the three years since 2020, based on a July 2023 update from The Beryl Institute – Ipsos Px Pulse study. Start with health care quality, which 58% of U.S. adult patients ranked as “very good or good” in June 2020. The percent of health consumers evaluating their healthcare quality as very good or good fell to 41% of people in June 2023, an erosion of 17 percentage points, shown in the first chart.

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