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Reflecting on 2012
December 27, 2012 3:25 PM by Beverly Clayton
Wow! What a year this has been and with each opportunity and experience I have been able to share, I have the ADVANCE community to thank for helping me to grow and be a better professional. I have met so many wonderful people who continue to offer support Read More...
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Advice for New NPs
December 13, 2012 3:16 PM by Samantha Damren
Time, because of its duplicitous intangibility and quantifiable nature is, to me, a perennially elusive phenomenon. You can measure it but you can't hold it and yet it dictates the rhythms of life. While I reflect on these ephemeral characteristics, the Read More...
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Uncooperative Collaborative
December 6, 2012 9:24 AM by Beverly Clayton
Every day is an adventure at the correctional facility and at times it is not from the inmates. Oftentimes, it is from the person I like to call "The Lovely Doctor." I do not know why I call him that, but maybe it is because it is the nicest name I can Read More...
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Treating Asymptomatic Patients
November 23, 2012 9:51 AM by Kelly Wolfgang
I wrote a blog much earlier this year discussing the importance of abstaining from treating asymptomatic UTIs while making a feeble attempt to include a Harry Potter reference. This past week, a favorite patient of mine, an older woman who has been hospitalized Read More...
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Challenging Patients in the Correctional Facility
November 15, 2012 11:46 AM by Beverly Clayton
Over the past month I have had some very challenging patients. I will often question, why and how did someone end up here at the correctional facility? I believe it is better I do not know. Actually, it is none of my business; it keeps the care unbiased Read More...
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The Cost of Providing Care
November 1, 2012 11:17 AM by Samantha Damren
I was going to write a blog about neuro-syphilis because I just recently treated a 29-year-old patient for this condition, however, on reflection it seems more apt to discuss the enormous financial costs associated with her care. That being said, neuro-syphilis Read More...
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My One Year Anniversary as an NP
October 25, 2012 9:21 AM by Elizabeth Huston
It's ironic that I wrote my last post on October 15, 2012, the 1-year anniversary of my one and only job as an NP. What a year! Or, rather, what a year and a half! The worst of times, yes (the end of a 30-year marriage in June 2011), but also the very Read More...
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When to Trust Patients in a Correctional Facility
October 18, 2012 11:45 AM by Beverly Clayton
There was a disturbing incident that occurred a few weeks ago. I also look at this experience as an eye-opener for me. I have long come to this realization, but it was never more evident than when the incident happened. First, let me start off by stating, Read More...
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Helping Students
October 4, 2012 9:15 AM by Beverly Clayton
True friendship is a tremendous responsibility, a responsibility that I do not take lightly. My best friend has wanted to return to school for many years to pursue her master's in education, but due to life (married with children, work, financial) she Read More...
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Pain Patients
September 6, 2012 1:29 PM by Elizabeth Huston
My contact with pain patients was extensive during my residency in Aurora, North Carolina, a coastal town of about 400, with a patient population compromising of retirees, commercial fisherman and above-ground miners from a phosphate mine. I knew from Read More...
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The Weight of the Nation
August 30, 2012 8:45 AM by Samantha Damren
I don't know how many of my fellow NPs and PAs have seen and or heard about HBO's four-part documentary on obesity in America, The Weight of the Nation , but I can't recommend it enough: it is an awesome and totally relevant examination of health in the Read More...
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Repurposing Treatments
August 23, 2012 9:35 AM by Beverly Clayton
Costs for healthcare are rising. There is not a revelation in this statement, but as providers, we have to be mindful of the dollars we use because it affects raises. My former mentor would drive that home for me. When I would order a test, she would Read More...
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Double Duty
August 16, 2012 8:33 AM by Elizabeth Huston
I have admittedly been remiss in submitting blogs in a timely manner and actually have a deadline of 5 pm today! Me, Miss OCD! How could this happen? Well, for one, work days are so busy sometimes that I barely have time to breathe -- average patient Read More...
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Patient Appreciation
August 2, 2012 12:33 PM by Beverly Clayton
One day after having a wonderful weekend off from the correctional facility, I found a note under my door when I entered my office. Generally notes are taped to my door from nurses for one reason or another. I have had an occasional note slipped under Read More...
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24 Hours on Call
July 26, 2012 9:19 AM by Beverly Clayton
I have mentioned in many blogs how much I love being a nurse practitioner. I have enjoyed the opportunities I have been afforded by associating with so many wonderful professionals and they have paved the way for me. THANK YOU! The opportunity I am referring Read More...
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