Organ and Tissue Donation and Recovery
Organ transplantation rates have increased in the past several decades and yet nursing education with respect to the process of organ donation and post-transplant care has been inconsistent. Certain ... Learn more...
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Florida Nursing Laws And Rules
The Florida Nurse Practice Act sets standards for the scope of nursing practice within a wide spectrum of care. The expected levels of professional standards and continuing competency, and the ... Learn more...
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Chemotherapy-Induced Neutropenia
Neutropenia is a common complication that occurs during treatment with chemotherapy in oncology patients. Some patients are at higher risk of developing neutropenia, based on type of cancer as well ... Learn more...
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Prevention of Medical Errors
The identification and prevention of medical errors requires the participation of all members of the health team, including patients. The traditional way of coping with medical errors was to assume ... Learn more...
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HIV and AIDS
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) have undergone significant research and there have been recent improvements in disease outcomes and morbidity. ... Learn more...
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Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma
Pediatric abusive head trauma has a high rate of occurrence in the United States. It is a major cause of physical injury and death in children. Clinicians need to be aware of the risk factors and to ... Learn more...
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Using HIPAA in the Real World: A Review
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance requires all health professionals to adapt to evolving principles of patient privacy and protection of healthcare information. ... Learn more...
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Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)
Diabetic ketoacidosis is an acute complication of diabetes mellitus, which requires prompt, aggressive, treatment. Complications of diabetic ketoacidosis throughout the age spectrum and during ... Learn more...
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Texas Nursing Jurisprudence and Ethics
In every state jurisdiction the Board of Nursing is mandated by state law to regulate the practice of registered nursing and to protect the public interest by ensuring licensed nurses practice ... Learn more...
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Dialysis: How Does It Work?
Healthy kidneys eliminate waste and excess water from the blood, but when kidneys stop functioning because of illness or injury, dialysis offers an artificial alternative to ensure individuals stay ... Learn more...
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Ebola Virus
Ebola virus is a highly virulent virus that can cause Ebola virus disease, a condition associated with a high fatality rate. Significant outbreaks of this disease have occurred only in Africa, but in ... Learn more...
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Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s disease is a chronic, progressive neurological disorder that causes profound cognitive and behavioral impairments. It is the most common cause of dementia in older adults. A person’s ... Learn more...
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Nutritional Deficiencies and Anemia - Hematology
Anemia can occur for many different reasons. These include chronic disease, nutritional deficiencies, malignancy, medications, blood loss, and bone marrow disorders. An understanding of the different ... Learn more...
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Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Sudden discontinuation of drugs during pregnancy can result in neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). Both illicit and legal substances can lead to a substance use and addiction disorder and in-utero ... Learn more...
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Influenza And Influenza Immunization
Influenza vaccine can be effective for preventing influenza illness. It is not known if vaccination reduces the risk of subsequent hospital admission among patients with vaccine failure and ... Learn more...
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Tramadol
In comparison to opioids like hydromorphone and morphine, tramadol is sometimes called a weak opioid and is a Schedule IV drug, however tramadol can lead to a substance use disorder and cause serious ... Learn more...
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Recognizing Impairment in the Workplace
Impairment in healthcare is a recognized and ongoing concern that has a negative impact on all members of the interdisciplinary health team. Workplace impairment refers to the inability to function ... Learn more...
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Electronic Cigarettes and Vaping
Electronic cigarettes are used to ingest substances such as nicotine and cannabis. They are even used as a source for vitamin supplement. However, there are reports that e-cigarettes may cause ... Learn more...
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Tick-Borne Diseases
Many different types of ticks are found in tall grasses, fields and wooded areas that attach to a host. Ticks are categorized as hard-shell and soft-shell ticks and can transmit a wide variety of ... Learn more...
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Propofol
Propofol is a short-acting intravenous sedative-hypnotic agent that is used in surgical patients as part of general anesthesia and in Intensive Care Unit patients to provide continuous sedation. ... Learn more...
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Acute Opioid Overdose
The misuse of opioids is a serious public health problem in the United States. The number of deaths in the United States from acute overdose of opioids increased over the past decade and in ... Learn more...
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Nutrition During Pregnancy and Lactation
Nutrients needed by pregnant and lactating women are generally assessed during the intrapartum and breastfeeding periods to avoid nutritional deficits that may lead to either low weight or obesity. ... Learn more...
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Influenza and Immunization
Influenza vaccine can be effective for preventing influenza illness. It is not known if vaccination reduces the risk of subsequent hospital admission among patients with vaccine failure and ... Learn more...
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Synthetic Cathinones: Bath Salts
Synthetic cathinone or bath salts is an illicit psychoactive drug. Bath salts intoxication is characterized by intense cardiovascular and central nervous system stimulation, which can lead to ... Learn more...
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Angiotensin Receptor Blockers
The angiotensin receptor blockers are one of the most widely used antihypertensives. They are a first-line choice for treating primary hypertension in the general non-black population and for people ... Learn more...
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Synthetic Cannabinoids
Synthetic cannabinoids are often used by people who think it is the same as regular marijuana. Synthetic cannabinoids are more potent than tetrahydrocannabinol and more psychoactive than the natural ... Learn more...
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Perphenazine
Perphenazine is a typical antipsychotic and a centrally acting dopamine D2 receptor antagonist with a labeled use to treat schizophrenia. It is also used to help allay symptoms of nausea and ... Learn more...
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Pain Management in Acute Care
Pain management requires an individualized plan. Every patient feels and responds to pain differently, and it is critical that pain management strategies for inpatients be tailored to each patient in ... Learn more...
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Gabapentin
Gabapentin is an anticonvulsant that is used for the treatment of partial onset seizures, as well as for treatment of post-herpetic neuralgia, peripheral diabetic neuropathy, restless legs syndrome, ... Learn more...
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Aripiprazole
Limited information exists on the benefit and risk of aripiprazole in patients with psychosis, however it is indicated in the treatment of depression and anxiety, bipolar I disorder and ... Learn more...
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Pimozide
Pimozide is a first generation antipsychotic drug that selectively blocks dopamine receptor D2 and is used to treat psychiatric mood disorders, schizophrenia, and other psychotic disorders. It works ... Learn more...
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Asenapine
Asenapine is a second-generation, atypical, antipsychotic medication that is known to be effective in the treatment of bipolar 1 disorder and schizophrenia. The pharmacological profile and labeled ... Learn more...
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Trifluoperazine
Trifluoperazine is a phenothiazine and well-known typical antipsychotic drug used to treat patients diagnosed with generalized non-psychotic anxiety and schizophrenia and the prevention of relapse. ... Learn more...
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Prochlorperazine
Prochlorperazine is a phenothiazine with antiemetic effect and psychoactive properties. It has been widely used for many years in the prevention and relief of nausea, vomiting, vestibular and ... Learn more...
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Prazosin
Prazosin (Minipress®) is an a1 adrenoceptor antagonist that blocks excessive responsiveness to norepinephrine stimulation at postsynaptic a1 adrenergic receptor. The maximum dose recommended in the ... Learn more...
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Anaphylaxis
Anaphylaxis has been described as a systemic hypersensitivity reaction to antigens such as food or environmental exposures with rapid onset of life-threatening airway and circulatory symptoms. ... Learn more...
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Brexpiprazole
Brexpiprazole (Rexulti®) is an atypical, second-generation antipsychotic that is used as an adjunctive therapy along with antidepressants to treat major depressive disorder. Antipsychotics are the ... Learn more...
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Cariprazine
Cariprazine is an atypical, second-generation antipsychotic. Cariprazine is a first-choice drug used as primary treatment for schizophrenia. It also has a labeled use for acute treatment of manic or ... Learn more...
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Iloperidone
Iloperidone (Fanapt®) is a second-generation atypical antipsychotic that is used for the treatment of schizophrenia. The drug acts at dopamine and serotonin receptor sites, has a low affinity for ... Learn more...
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Antihypertensive Medications
The use of antihypertensive medications is a well accepted treatment for heart disease and stroke, poor function of the kidney and peripheral vascular systems. The medications help to lower blood ... Learn more...
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Zonisamide
Along with other antiseizure drugs, zonisamide is grouped by its principal mode of action, although multiple actions of zonisamide may exist. Zonisamide is considered a broad-spectrum anticovulsant ... Learn more...
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Zolpidem
Zolpidem is a sedative-hypnotic drug that is prescribed to treat insomnia. Insomnia is a common and persistent problem for millions of people, insomnia itself is associated with medical and ... Learn more...
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Lamotrigine
Lamotrigine is an anti-seizure medication that has other uses than for the treatment of epilepsy. Psychiatry clinicians have used lamotrigine for mood stabilizing effects, including antidepressant ... Learn more...
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Phenytoin
Phenytoin indications, clinical use and the potential for toxicity have been well reviewed in the literature. Phenytoin is often used in combination with other types of anticonvulsant medication and ... Learn more...
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Carbamazepine
Carbamazepine is an anti-seizure medication that has other uses than for the treatment of epilepsy. Patients who are treated with carbamazepine are often prescribed other medications in combination ... Learn more...
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Lithium
Lithium is an antimanic agent that causes mood stabilization in patients who have bipolar disorder. Lithium is also effective for treating mild to moderate manic episodes, and it is a first-choice ... Learn more...
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Phencyclidine (PCP)
Phencyclidine (PCP) is a dissociative anesthetic. Animal and human studies showed that PCP was an effective anesthetic and analgesic. There are multiple mechanisms of action of PCP that are ... Learn more...
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Topiramate
Topiramate is an anticonvulsant drug that has been approved for the treatment of various kinds of epilepsy. It has also been studied as a treatment for neurological and psychiatric disorders. The ... Learn more...
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Venlafaxine
Venlafaxine is an antidepressant medication with potent inhibitors of neuronal serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake and weak dopamine reuptake inhibitors. Antidepressant medications such as ... Learn more...
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Pregabalin
Pregabalin is a miscellaneous anticonvulsant that is effective as an adjunctive therapy for patients who have focal seizures. It is also effective for treating fibromyalgia, neuropathic pain ... Learn more...
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Levetiracetam
Levetiracetam is a second-generation anticonvulsant that has labeled uses as an adjunctive treatment for myoclonic seizures, partial-onset seizures, and primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures. The ... Learn more...
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Oxcarbazepine
Oxcarbazepine is an anticonvulsant that has a labeled use as a monotherapy or as an adjunctive treatment for patients who have focal seizures. Oxcarbazepine is an analogue of carbamazepine, and the ... Learn more...
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Bupropion
Bupropion is an antidepressant with stimulant effects and pharmacological properties that include action as a selective inhibitor of catecholamines reuptake and a noncompetitive antagonist of ... Learn more...
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Loxapine
Loxapine is an antipsychotic that is used for the treatment of patients who have schizophrenia. It is known as a typical antipsychotic with high-potency effect, typically used in lower doses and ... Learn more...
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Duloxetine
Duloxetine is an antidepressant that acts as a serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor. It has labeled uses for the treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain, diabetic peripheral neuropathic ... Learn more...
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Mirtazapine
Mirtazapine is an antidepressant with a labeled use for the treatment of major depressive disorder. Serotonin release (blocking a-2 autoreceptors and heteroreceptors, selectively antagonizing the ... Learn more...
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Fluphenazine
Fluphenazine is an antipsychotic that is used for the treatment of patients who have a psychotic disorder. It is used off-label to treat chorea associated with Huntington’s disease, chronic tic ... Learn more...
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Thioridazine
Thioridazine is a first-generation, typical antipsychotic that is used for the treatment of patients who have schizophrenia. Thioridazine is a centrally acting dopamine receptor antagonist that also ... Learn more...
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Droperidol
Droperidol is a butyrophenone, typical antipsychotic and dopamine receptor antagonist that works in the chemoreceptor trigger zone. The labelled use of droperidol is for the treatment of nausea and ... Learn more...
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Haloperidol
Haloperidol is an antipsychotic that has been used for multiple conditions, including treatment of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, substance use withdrawal and Tourette’s syndrome. Some of the ... Learn more...
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Antipsychotic Drug-Induced Movement Disorders
Antipsychotic drug-induced movement disorders can lead to physically disabling and uncomfortable symptoms for patients, and may precipitate behavioral dysregulation and noncompliance with ... Learn more...
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Thiothixene
Thiothixene is a typical antipsychotic that has a labeled use for the treatment of patients who have schizophrenia and is used off-label for the treatment of agitation and psychosis caused by ... Learn more...
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Lurasidone
Lurasidone (Latuda) is an atypical, second-generation antipsychotic that has labeled uses for treating bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, and schizophrenia. It is approved for the treatment ... Learn more...
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Benzodiazepines
Benzodiazepines are used as anticonvulsants, anxiolytics, hypnotics, and muscle relaxers. Because these drugs are highly effective, they are widely prescribed and used. Benzodiazepine medication are ... Learn more...
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Clonidine
Clonidine has labeled uses as an antihypertensive, an analgesic, and as a treatment for patients who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. There are also many unlabeled uses for clonidine ... Learn more...
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Potassium-Sparing Diuretics
Potassium-sparing diuretics prevent resorption of sodium and subsequent loss of potassium at the level of the distal part of the nephron. They are considered a mild diuretic and are used for the ... Learn more...
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Cocaine Use Disorder
Cocaine addiction is a serious public health problem. Millions of Americans regularly use cocaine, and some develop a substance use disorder. Cocaine is generally not ingested, but toxicity and death ... Learn more...
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Advanced Wound Therapies - Wound Care
Although many types of wounds are easily treated, some require specialized care in order to resolve or treat the primary cause and to avoid complications. Health clinicians specializing in wound ... Learn more...
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Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) Inhibitors
The class of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are widely prescribed for conditions of primary hypertension. Hypertension is a very common disease that affects approximately 75 million ... Learn more...
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Thiazide and Thiazide-Like Diuretics
The thiazide and thiazide-like diuretics are one of the four first-choice drugs for treating primary hypertension in specific populations. Because of their effectiveness in lowering blood pressure, ... Learn more...
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Buprenorphine-Naloxone
Opioid use and addiction is a complex process that is caused by repeated exposure to the drugs, and there are genetic, psychological, social, and physical factors that contribute to its development. ... Learn more...
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Hyponatremia: Classification and Diagnosis
Hyponatremia is the most common disorder of body fluid and electrolyte balance, which can lead to a wide range of clinical symptoms that can be severe or even fatal. Many different conditions can ... Learn more...
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Fentanyl
Statistics show that fentanyl use, a synthetic opioid, is a burden to the health system in the United States. Fentanyl use involves significant morbidity and mortality. Treatment of a fentanyl ... Learn more...
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Beta Blockers
Beta blockers are used to treat cardiovascular conditions, and have been around for a long time. They are a heterogeneous class of drugs with diverse properties. Beta blockers have vasodilation ... Learn more...
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Chronic Liver Disease And Comorbidities
The liver is the largest organ in the body and it performs several essential services, including digesting food, storing energy, and removing poisons from the body. Early intervention in liver ... Learn more...
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Rhabdomyolysis
Rhabdomyolysis is often a self-limiting condition that involves the rapid destruction of muscle tissue that affects the kidneys as muscle protein passes through to the urine. It is a syndrome that ... Learn more...
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Chiropractic Care For Older Adults
Although modern medicine offers a wide array of pharmaceutical and surgical treatments for pain, chiropractic care offers a natural, drug-free treatment modality that can alleviate pain in many ... Learn more...
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Human Trafficking
Human trafficking has become a growing social concern worldwide. Despite efforts to prevent it, human trafficking (human slavery) is an abuse that affects all age groups, genders, and ethnicities. ... Learn more...
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Rheumatoid Arthritis - Rheumatology
Rheumatoid arthritis involves inflammation that often leads to major pain and disability. Autoantibodies contribute to the disease process of synovial inflammation and joint damage for those ... Learn more...
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Arterial Blood Gas (ABG)
The arterial blood gas test (ABG) is one of the most common and useful tests performed by medical professionals. The ABG checks a patient’s arterial blood to determine acidity and levels of oxygen ... Learn more...
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Crystalloids and Colloids Intravenous Therapy
A majority of hospital patients receive some form of intravenous therapy during a hospital stay, and a significant number of those patients require fluid replacement in the form of volume expanders. ... Learn more...
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Substance Use Disorders
Substance use in the United States and worldwide is a major health concern requiring specially trained health professionals in primary care, public health and treatment centers for the identification ... Learn more...
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Barrett's Esophagus
Barrett's esophagus is acquired over time due to severe injury to the esophageal lining. It may occur as a result of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or without the occurrence of GERD. It can ... Learn more...
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Diverticular Disease
Diverticulosis is a common condition in Western countries and carries the risk of serious complications. Inflammation and infection of the colon are characteristic of the complication of ... Learn more...
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The Basics of Mechanical Ventilation
Mechanical ventilation is a life-saving treatment to support patients that are unable to ventilate and oxygenate on their own. Mechanically ventilated patients often receive medication for sedation ... Learn more...
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Inhalant Use Disorder
An inhalant use disorder is diagnosed according to criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) and includes the use of traditional categories of ... Learn more...
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Tobacco Use Disorder and Smoking Cessation
A tobacco use disorder is diagnosed according to criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) and current research identifies tobacco patterns and ... Learn more...
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Colorectal Cancer And Prevention
Often it isn’t until colonic or rectal cancer becomes advanced that symptoms appear. Clinicians need to continuously educate patients during routine annual prevention examinations, and those with a ... Learn more...
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Clostridium Difficile
Clostridium difficile infection is a major cause of infectious disease concern in the North America. It is associated with hospital-acquired intestinal inflammation and diarrhea and, most commonly, ... Learn more...
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Serotonin Syndrome
Drugs can react to cause the body to have too much serotonin and lead to serotonin syndrome, which is a potentially life threatening condition. Serotonin syndrome is caused by therapeutic doses, drug ... Learn more...
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Nursing Ethics
The American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics for Nurses contains nine provisions developed for nurses to guide them in everyday nursing practice, helping nurses carry out their ... Learn more...
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Chronic Kidney Disease
The care of individuals with chronic kidney disease includes a complete physical assessment, health screening to aid in the diagnosis of a disease process and development of a holistic health plan ... Learn more...
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Acupuncture
Acupuncture has been identified to be a useful therapy for many conditions. It has become widely accepted as a complementary and integrated treatment. Yet, there remain several basic questions in the ... Learn more...
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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Known as the silent killer, carbon monoxide poisoning in individuals can present in various ways and the medical literature continues to contain areas of uncertainty and controversy. Symptoms of ... Learn more...
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Workplace Violence
Workplace violence is a complex and widespread issue that has received increased attention from the public, mental health experts, law enforcement, and healthcare professionals. Workplace violence in ... Learn more...
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The Basics Of Pharmacology - An Overview
The science of pharmacology and the responsibility relationship building with patients are important elements of a health professional’s clinical knowledge and skills to provide safe and appropriate ... Learn more...
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Women And Heart Disease Pharmacology
Heart disease is a leading cause of death in woman in the United States. Women are more likely to die from a heart attack than from breast cancer. Furthermore, research indicates that more women than ... Learn more...
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Common Uses Of Chiropractic Care
Although modern medicine offers a wide array of pharmaceutical and surgical treatments for pain, chiropractic care offers a natural, drug-free treatment modality that can alleviate pain in many ... Learn more...
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Chiropractic Care: A General Overview
Although modern medicine offers a wide array of pharmaceutical and surgical treatments for pain, chiropractic care offers a natural, drug-free treatment modality that can alleviate pain in many ... Learn more...
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Chiropractic Care In Pediatrics
Although modern medicine offers a wide array of pharmaceutical and surgical treatments for pain, chiropractic care offers a natural, drug-free treatment modality that can alleviate pain in many ... Learn more...
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The Emergency Severity Index
One of the main challenges encountered by emergency departments is determining how to appropriately triage patients. Although some systems only take into account a single determining factor, the ... Learn more...
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Asthma
Asthma is a condition in which the airways narrow and swell and produce extra mucus. This can make breathing difficult and trigger coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath. It is not clear why some ... Learn more...
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Thyroid Cancer
Management of the common forms of thyroid disease has undergone significant study and development, as evidenced by the latest guidelines to diagnose and treat the thyroid. Because the thyroid gland’s ... Learn more...
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Heroin Addiction And The Opioid Pandemic
In recent years, there has been an alarming increase in heroin use among both men and women, in virtually all age groups and at all socioeconomic levels. Some of the biggest increases have occurred ... Learn more...
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Medical Marijuana: Use, Misuse and Addiction
Cannabis species and subspecies have been used medicinally for over 5,000 years. In the United States, the regulation of cannabis as a Schedule I drug has hampered the study of cannabis and its ... Learn more...
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MDMA Ecstasy: A Current Overview
MDMA, also known as Ecstasy or Molly, is the drug of choice within the rave culture and it is a popular option at house parties, clubs, and festivals. It is an illegal drug that is often mixed with ... Learn more...
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Multiple Sclerosis Myths and Symptoms
Multiple sclerosis remains something of a mystery, even with the multitudes of medical advancements in the field. It is known that the mechanism of this disease is to attack the myelin surrounding ... Learn more...
Total Hours: 3.0
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Chronic Liver Disease And Transplantation
The liver is the largest organ in the body and it performs several essential services, including digesting food, storing energy, and removing poisons from the body. Early intervention in liver ... Learn more...
Total Hours: 3.0
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Urinary Tract Infections
The kidneys serve as the body’s filtration system. Waste and excess fluids are filtered out of the blood and excreted through the urine. When the kidneys are not working as they should, fluid, ... Learn more...
Total Hours: 3.0
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Pharmacology hours: 0.5
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Loop Diuretics
Loop diuretics are potent diuretics that are used to control edema in various clinical conditions. They inhibit sodium reabsorption in the kidney, and increase urinary sodium and water excretion. ... Learn more...
Total Hours: 3.0
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Pharmacology hours: 3
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Traumatic Extremity Injuries
Advances in modern medicine have improved limb salvaging in cases of extreme trauma and the potential of patients to have a good quality of life when amputation is a necessary resolution to injury. ... Learn more...
Total Hours: 3.5
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Screening And Diagnosing ADHD In Pediatrics
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a diagnosis that tends to cause a lot of fear and confusion in parents and caregivers, but receiving the proper information in a timely manner from health ... Learn more...
Total Hours: 3.5
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Sleep Disorders Part I: Children and Adolescents
Although a good night’s rest is vital for people of all ages, it can be especially critical for children and adolescents due to the impact of sleep on growing minds and bodies. Even young people can ... Learn more...
Total Hours: 4.0
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Sleep Disorders Part II: Adults
A good night’s rest is vital for people of all ages. Sleep deprivation in the adult population can occur when a regular and expected night of rest does not occur, often due to circumstances beyond a ... Learn more...
Total Hours: 4.0
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Pharmacology hours: 0.5
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Sleep Disorders Part III: The Elderly
The current research and developments in sleep medicine highlight a need for clinicians to be educated and updated on the importance of screening for elderly sleep disorders – to support early ... Learn more...
Total Hours: 4.0
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Pharmacology hours: 0.5
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Neurovascular Emergencies
The diagnosis of a neurovascular accident is multifactorial. It involves recognition of associated risk factors as well as signs and symptoms, which does not always guarantee a correct diagnosis. ... Learn more...
Total Hours: 4.0
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Acetaminophen Poisoning
Acetaminophen poisoning is the most common cause of acute liver failure in the United States and other countries. Liver damage after acetaminophen overdose is common but liver failure and death are ... Learn more...
Total Hours: 4.0
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Treatment and Stigma in HIV/AIDS
As a result of advanced treatment options and increased access to care, the number of people diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome is ... Learn more...
Total Hours: 4.0
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Pharmacology hours: 2
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Dermatology Pharmacology
Many types of skin diseases can occur in people that range in onset and severity. Health providers need to be informed of the varied skin conditions and pharmacological therapy in order to ... Learn more...
Total Hours: 4.0
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Palliative and Hospice Care
Human comfort, dignity and a sense of peace are the ideal outcomes of both palliative and hospice care, but it is important to recognize that the two types of end-of-life care are very different. ... Learn more...
Total Hours: 4.0
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Epilepsy
Epilepsy is a seizure disorder of varied etiology and symptomology and its treatment depends on multiple factors, including age of onset and type of seizure. Sometimes the seizure is absent or mild ... Learn more...
Total Hours: 4.0
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Pharmacology hours: 1
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Anabolic Steroid Use, Misuse And Addiction
Health clinicians need to understand the varied uses of anabolic steroids, including those of body builders attempting to gain strength and muscle mass. As a DEA Schedule III substance, anabolic ... Learn more...
Total Hours: 4.0
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Pharmacology hours: 4
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Bullying in Children and Adolescents
Bullying in children and adolescents is not a new problem and has traditionally been overlooked as a serious threat to an individual. This study considers the history of bullies and known social ... Learn more...
Total Hours: 4.0
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Critical Care And Emergency Medicine Pharmacology
Safe administration of medication in critical care and emergency settings is paramount to ensure optimal outcomes for patients. The most experienced medical and nursing clinicians are well aware of ... Learn more...
Total Hours: 4.0
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Delirium and Dementia
There are many possible causes of dementia and delirium. The more common causes are complex, such as dementia of the Alzheimer’s type or delirium that is drug induced or due to drug withdrawal. Other ... Learn more...
Total Hours: 4.5
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Abdominal Pain: Part 3
Abdominal pain is one of the most common complaints that patients make to medical professionals, and it has a wide array of causes, ranging from very simple to complex. Although many cases of ... Learn more...
Total Hours: 5.0
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Healthy Pregnancy
Preparing women early on in a pregnancy to follow a plan for routine prenatal care has been shown to promote healthy outcomes for expectant mothers and the developing baby during all phases of ... Learn more...
Total Hours: 5.0
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Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis and Treatment
The diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer has undergone much progress in terms of new preventive and medical therapies that include the use of diagnostic procedures and surgical approaches based ... Learn more...
Total Hours: 5.0
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Autism Spectrum Disorder
Autism spectrum disorder is a complex brain condition characterized by difficulties in social interaction and communication, as well as a tendency toward repetitive behaviors. In its mildest form, ... Learn more...
Total Hours: 6.5
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Pharmacology hours: 0.5
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