CDC Recommendations for a Safe Halloween During COVID-19
The CDC had released recommendations for a safe, socially distant Halloween 2020.
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Mental Health Support for Nurses: How to Seek Help
Excessive stress because of the COVID-19 pandemic can have a detrimental effect on nurses’ mental health; therefore, the APNA has developed a Well-Being Initiative for nurses seeking help for excessive stress.
AANP COVID-19 Survey Reveals Both Successes and Failures
The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) has released survey results that capture how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted NP clinical practice.
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care Releases Pain Management Toolkit
The AAAHC developed the toolkit as an informational resource for managing pain in both primary care and surgical practices.
FDA Releases Guidance for Instructing Patients in Self-Swabbing for SARS-CoV-2 Testing
Verbal instructions may be supplemented with written or animated information to guide patients through the self-collection process.
FDA Approvals That NPs, PAs Should Know
The FDA approved therapies to treat pain, type 2 diabetes, hormone deficiency, and juvenile idiopathic arthritis in September 2020.
Implementing a Telepsychiatry Training Program for Nurse Practitioner Students
Training NP students in telepsychiatry should be implemented before entry into clinical practice to provide adequate services to patients in rural and medically underserved areas.
Scope-of-Practice Restrictions Affect the Nurse Practitioner Role in Addressing Opioid Abuse
State scope-of-practice laws impact the ability of nurse practitioners to prescribe medication-assisted treatment for patients with opioid use disorder.
Nurse Practitioner Role Improves Radiation Oncology Follow-Up Care, Patient Experience
A posttreatment program demonstrated that nurse practitioner-led follow-up visits can be an essential component of radiation therapy.
Care for the Cold: Assessment and Treatment of Accidental Hypothermia
The neuroprotective effects of hypothermia, and the treatments currently available for rewarming, give patients an excellent chance of neurologically intact survival despite prolonged cardiac arrest times.
How to Mitigate the Pandemic’s Impact on Young Children, Those With Special Needs
Establishing set routines and using visual materials to explain new situations are key ways to reduce pandemic-related anxiety in young children.
Inside the Debate Over Rehabilitation Services: What Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Need to Know
Although the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services had proposed a rule to allow non-physician providers the ability to provide the same services as physicians, more than 120 medical organizations opposed this ruling, and it ultimately was passed with limitations.
Confidential, Privileged Information
Is an overheard murder confession by a patientadmissible in court?
2021 Update on Diagnosis, Risk Stratification, and Management of Cutaneous B-Cell Lymphomas
Researchers assessed diagnosis, risk-stratification, and management of 3 distinct subgroups of primary cutaneous lymphomas.
What to Expect at the 2020 AANP Virtual Conference Experience
The 2020 American Association of Nurse Practitioners National Conference will be held virtually in place of the meeting that was scheduled for June 2020 in New Orleans, LA.
ESC Updates Guidelines for Adult Congenital Heart Disease
In 2020 European Society of Cardiology guidelines, updated recommendations are presented for the care of adult patients with congenital heart disease.
New Nonprofit Supports Education, Careers of Minority DNPs
DNPs of Color launched in May 2020 as a nonprofit organization to promote the professional advancement of DNPs who belong to racial minority groups.
Nurse Understaffing Common in Hospitals Prior to COVID-19
Many hospital nurses in Illinois and New York were burned out and working in understaffed conditions immediately prior to the pandemic.
Johns Hopkins University Announces New DNP/MPH Dual Degree Program
Johns Hopkins University is now accepting applications to its DNP/MPH program, which will launch in the summer of 2021.
More Women Entering Primary Care
Gender significantly influences choice of specialty, with female osteopathic graduates 75% more likely to enter primary care than men.
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