Kristin Della Volpe, Author at Clinical Advisor

Desmond Watt, MMS, PA-C, Discusses PA Mentorship and Professional Advocacy

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January 10, 2022

Meet Desmond Watt, MMS, PA-C, who discusses mentors who helped pave his professional path, and the importance of advocacy to help advance the PA field.

Practice Management Information Center

Nursing Groups Concerned Over CDC’s Shortened Quarantine Guidance

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Kristin Della Volpe

January 10, 2022

Some health care workers who are fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19 do not need to quarantine following high-risk exposures, the CDC says.

Hospital Medicine Information Center

Illinois Nurse Staffing Legislation Predicted to Prevent Deaths, Lower Costs

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Kristin Della Volpe

January 7, 2022

Poor patient-to-nursing staffing ratios were associated with adverse health outcomes for Medicare patients in Illinois, including greater mortality risk and longer lengths of stay.

Hematology Information Center

Sickle Cell Anemia Update: Gene Therapy Reverses Pain Events for Years

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Kristin Della Volpe

January 5, 2022

An update on the investigational gene therapy LentiGlobin for sickle cell disease and research on complications and outcomes of this disorder.

time to first shock in ventricular fibrillation, tachycardia

Hospital Medicine Information Center

APRN-Led Simulation Speeds Time to First Shock in ICU

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Kristin Della Volpe

January 4, 2022

Nursing simulation intervention improves compliance with guidelines on time to first shock in ICU patients with ventricular fibrillation or tachycardia

Asthma Information Center

Severe Asthma Update: Triggers, Treatment Research From ACAAI and Tezspire Approval

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Kristin Della Volpe

January 4, 2022

Recent updates on severe asthma include real-world data on triggers, efficacy of benralizumab and dupilumab, and the approval of Tezspire as add-on maintenance treatment.