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Creating Healthy Work Environments for NPs During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Nikki Kean

Dr April Kapu discusses what constitutes a healthy work environment in hospitals and how to create professional and personal barriers to manage burnout.

Clinical Challenge

Clinical Challenge: Generalized Weakness and Dehydration

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Brady Pregerson, MD

A 63-year-old man with a history of thyroid cancer presents to the emergency department with a 4-day history of generalized weakness and lack of interest in food or drink. Read how this case unfolded.

Cardiovascular Disease Information Center

COVID-19 and Takotsubo Syndrome

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Frances Stueben, DNP, RN, CHSE

Christy M. Lenahan, DNP, MSN, FNP-BC

Deedra Harrington, DNP, MSN, APRN, ACNP-BC

The authors describe how to diagnose and treat Takotsubo syndrome in a patient with COVID-19.

Dermatology Information Center

Trust Your Gut: Diagnosis and Treatment of Keto Rash

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Erica K. Flamm, BSN, RN, FNP-S

Author reviews a case of prurigo pigmentosa in a patient following the ketogenic diet and outlines a strategy to diagnose and treat this condition.

Psychiatry Information Center

Suicide Prevention: A Public Health Emergency

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Theresa Capriotti, DO, MSN, CRNP, RN

Kelly Bratton

Mia Hamel

Jane Stilwell

Authors outline risk factors for suicide and strategies to improve recognition of at-risk patients in primary care settings who require referral to mental health providers.

Physician Assistant Career Resources

PA Profile: Street Medicine Provider Corinne T. Feldman, MMS, PA-C

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Jeanelle Jacobs

Meet Corinne T. Feldman, MMS, PA-C, cofounder of KSOM OF USC Street Medicine, a program that provides health care to those experiencing unsheltered homelessness.

Legal Advisor

Is Having an Elevated Risk of COVID-19 Complications a Disability?

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Ann W. Latner, JD

The court was asked to decide whether individuals with an underlying condition that places them at an elevated risk of complications from exposure to COVID-19 are qualified as disabled under the Federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).