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Ambiguity in Retail Healthcare
October 13, 2009 10:45 AM by Sharon Ledbetter
During this last month we have been overrun with patients seeking flu shots and seeing patients with colds, strep throat and flu. I have seen some folks who are very ill and without doubt have influenza. But mainly I have seen the worried sick. People Read More...
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Flu shots! Flu Shots! FLU SHOTS!!!!
October 5, 2009 10:23 AM by Jodi Delagrave
Wow, what a rush! We started administering flu shots in our retail clinics Septemter 1 st , and have been extremely busy this season thus far, and it is not even really prime flu shot season yet. I believe there are two reasons to explain the large numbers Read More...
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Swine Flu Panic in Retail Healthcare
September 22, 2009 11:40 AM by Theresa Goodman
Since the beginning of the H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic, the public has relied on retail clinic practitioners to provide education, guidance, testing, assurance and treatment. The media is playing a vital role in keeping the public updated; however, I am Read More...
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Tools for Clinic Success
August 27, 2009 2:15 PM by Theresa Goodman
While working in a retail clinic, I have identified the following tools as essential for building a successful, thriving clinic: word of mouth, positive perception and community awareness. It is my experience that although company marketing is necessary, Read More...
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Rudeness in Retail Healthcare
July 27, 2009 10:26 AM by Theresa Goodman
The word "rude" in the dictionary means lack refinement, cultural, or elegance. Another definition that I found on the Internet is "an impolite action, contrary to the usual rules observed in society, committed by one person against another." I think Read More...
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What Brings NPs Together
July 23, 2009 9:12 AM by Jayne Targgart
[Note from the editors: Following is a post by a former Real Life in Retail Health blogger about this summer's American Academy of Nurse Practitioners conference. She has left the retail health industry but still wished to share her thoughts on this conference Read More...
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Uninsured Patients in Retail Healthcare
July 21, 2009 10:05 AM by Pat Bird
I am finding that more and more people are presenting without health insurance. I am also finding that more and more people are presenting with problems that are inappropriate to this setting as well as a traditional health care setting. Are the two related? Read More...
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Service Expansion in Retail Health
June 23, 2009 11:24 AM by Elizabeth Jones
Service expansion in retail health has created great concern for some members of the medical community. New service rollouts in retail health are not synonymous with new skill acquisition for nurse practitioners. Retail clinicians are highly trained nationally Read More...
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New Services in Retail Healthcare
June 15, 2009 11:41 AM by Pat Bird
Will the scope of services expand in retail health? Yes, for many reasons. First, we all know that as nurse practitioners, our knowledge and skills are not being utilized to even a fraction of our capabilities in this setting. It has been established Read More...
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Likes and Dislikes About the Job
June 11, 2009 3:33 PM by Sharon Ledbetter
What I dislike about my job: (OK, folks, this topic was a suggestion from someone. So, if you happen to be my boss reading this, please understand I truly mean every word I say. Including the fact that I know I work for a great company that does its best Read More...
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Retail Health Increases Access
April 3, 2009 10:47 AM by Jodi Delagrave
One of the remarkable things that retail health care has done is increase access to health care. In the past many attempts at increasing access have been made, but I don’t think they have been as successful as retail health clinics will be at solving Read More...
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Innovation in Convenient Care
March 11, 2009 11:30 AM by Sharon Ledbetter
Presently the scope of practice in Retail Clinics is limited to minor acute illness. In the future there seem to be many areas of preventive care that the idea of convenient and lower priced would work well with. Blood pressures and offering other screening Read More...
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True Convenience
March 3, 2009 9:45 AM by Jodi Delagrave
As the cough, cold and influenza season begins the volume of patients swells in the retail health setting. For many patients this is their first experience using a retail clinic, but hopefully not their last. Unlike utilizing an urgent care, our clinics Read More...
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Happy New Year!
January 9, 2009 12:43 PM by Sharon Ledbetter
This last year had its challenges and it’s wonders. I hope to see 2009 surpass the past in wonders and our challenges are less dramatic and violent. Happy Peaceful New Year. Retail health care is very busy this time of year. With the stresses of the economy, Read More...
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Children and Retail Health
October 2, 2008 1:33 PM by Jayne Targgart
Welcome to my blog an ongoing discussion into the world of retail health. Today I am going to think out loud about children and school/camp/sports physicals. I wonder where or how should we as compassionate professionals should put the line in regards Read More...
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