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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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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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Hospitals Rejecting NP Orders
December 21, 2010 11:57 AM by Wendy Rivard

Once a nurse, always a nurse. I’ve written before about the troubles I have getting some hospitals to accept my orders for tests, obtaining results and making referrals to specialists. In these instances, I am asked who is my “supervising” physician. Read More...

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Stressful Precepting
October 4, 2010 3:29 PM by Wendy Rivard

My student quit last week. I had a bad feeling from the very beginning. After the school contacted me with her information, I heard nothing from her. One day, suddenly, our office manager was bombarded with multiple messages from her. When I emailed my Read More...

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