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Patients are more likely to tell medical providers about using provider-based complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) than self-care CAM, according to recent research.
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The volatility of the investment markets on wall street should make us consider our own investment in overall health, especially our cardiovascular health.
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Although some observational studies have associated higher calcium intake and especially higher vitamin D intake and 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels with lower breast cancer risk, no randomized trial has evaluated these relationships.
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
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Even with the possibility of a 4½-hour window for treatment of stroke patients, you should always act with a sense of urgency, stresses Stacey Claus, RN, BSN, CNRN, clinical instructor for the Department of Nursing at Cleveland Clinic.
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If your patient is a possible candidate for tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), past medical/surgical history, allergies, and medications need to be reviewed, says Joyce McIntyre, RN, MSN, clinical nurse specialist for the ED at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
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At Northeast Baptist Hospital in San Antonio, ED nurses are given training to prevent anticoagulant errors during orientation and during advanced certification training, says Wendi Deleon, RN, MS, assistant chief nursing officer and former director of the ED. Here are three ways to avoid problems:
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If you would like to use standing orders for pain management in your ED, a new study's findings give you powerful evidence to share.
