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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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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 Clinicians and the In-Store Pharmacy
March 16, 2009 9:33 AM by Pat Bird
I am very thankful for the good relationship we have with our pharmacy. Our clinic is located inside a grocery store that has a pharmacy. The pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are great. They are well known to the community as most of the patients 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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Staying Informed as a Retail Health Provider
December 26, 2008 10:28 AM by Pat Bird
Staying up to date on clinical issues when in retail health can be challenging. Even though our scope of service is limited in this setting, we must remain knowledgeable about conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, anxiety, women’s health, normal Read More...
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Retail Health Specialist
November 12, 2008 1:58 PM by Jodi Delagrave
This month I am going to reach out on a limb a bit and discuss retail health clinicians' ability or desire to become specialized in “Retail Health” sometime in the future. First of all, most of the NPs currently working in retail health and all NPs in Read More...
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Why Should Nurse Practitioners Consider Retail Health as a Career?
September 3, 2008 9:51 AM by Jayne Targgart
I have just started an additional role within my retail health world. I have taken over the scheduling for four clinics. This brought me to the question; why and/or how I could entice more practitioners into the retail health field. Then I thought of Read More...
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