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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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HIV Treatment
June 28, 2012 10:18 AM by Samantha Damren
I attended at cozy talk about HIV prevention and treatment earlier this year at the suggestion of my mentor. The expert presiding over the talk was a local expert in HIV management, thus it was an opportunity I did not care to miss. During the discussion Read More...
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The Little Clinic That Could
June 14, 2012 8:10 AM by Elizabeth Huston
Life has really settled down a little over 5 months into my job at the Martin County Health Department and my little satellite clinic in Oak City. As mentioned in previous posts, the Oak City Clinic was renovated from a little firehouse by a $56,000 grant Read More...
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The Complex Importance of Patient Education
May 17, 2012 8:29 AM by Samantha Damren
Recently our group was consulted in the care of a patient newly diagnosed with HIV. This patient presented to the hospital via the ED with altered mental status. A lumbar puncture was performed and the cerebrospinal fluid was sent off to the microlab Read More...
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When Your Collaborating Physician Moves On
May 7, 2012 8:09 AM by Beverly Clayton
I received some disappointing news last week. My collaborating physician is moving on. She was offered a great opportunity and she decided to take it. I was very upset by her news. I had blogged about her early on in my employment and I described her Read More...
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HIV Testing
April 26, 2012 10:48 AM by Samantha Damren
It's just my opinion, but I think HIV tests are vastly under-utilized. Many patients whom I had the privilege of treating discovered they contracted HIV only after exhaustive and expensive tests were conducted to investigate their persistent flu-like Read More...
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Lasting Learning Opportunities
March 29, 2012 9:08 AM by Beverly Clayton
In this profession it is an honor and privilege to be a part of someone's care. Being a nurse for so many years, I never dreamed that I would have the opportunities I have been afforded by being a practitioner. While this is not earth shattering, I just Read More...
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Technology: A Virtual Preceptor
March 22, 2012 8:22 AM by Elizabeth Huston
On my first day working the clinic alone, I saw 19 patients, half of whom were primary care patients and the others a combination of family planning, child health, and STDs. The nurses were amazed and very pleasantly surprised. Given that the PA who was Read More...
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It’s Great to be Alive in the Age of Atripla
March 14, 2012 8:13 AM by Samantha Damren
My new position affords me the opportunity to provide care and management of patients living with HIV. Living is the operative verb. Gone are the days of taking at least 17 pills PO q 24 hours. Patients in the United States, diagnosed with HIV, that commence Read More...
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Bacteria in the Urine
February 23, 2012 7:46 AM by Samantha Damren
To treat or not to treat, that is the dilemma. In my current job I divide my time between the clinic environment and the hospital. The patients and disease processes I see in the hospital setting are exceptionally diverse, however, the process to hunt Read More...
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Working the STD Clinic
February 9, 2012 7:59 AM by Elizabeth Huston
STD screens and treatment are a bread-and-butter public health service. Screenings are usually handled by enhanced-role RNs trained in speculum exams, collecting cultures and wet mounts, though not performing Pap smears. Because our enhanced role RN is Read More...
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Infectious Disease - Two Weeks In
February 2, 2012 8:06 AM by Samantha Damren
Two weeks in and I absolutely adore my job in infectious disease (ID). I feel so fortunate and truly hope that my cohort find comparable satisfaction in their employment. Admittedly, I despise waking up early (this nurse remains accustomed to an 11-11 Read More...
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