Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Ferrara is a busy man, wearing many hats. Once I understood the role of nurses and patient advocacy, the ability to share health information and care for people and promote health and wellness, that was my epiphany. I credit my aunt, a nurse, who all the while was saying consider nursing, and I did it. I want to lend my talent.”

Nurse Practitioner

Consult QD

JUNE 16, 2023

Direct-to-consumer testing is transparent in that it is a consumer-business relationship with costs up front. 1-4 Sponsoring companies may use resulting data to recruit patients for clinical trials, make providers and patients aware of new therapies, or develop new tests for diagnosing genetic diseases.

Pharmaceutical

Amercan Journal of Nursing

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

No busy health care worker loves being met with antagonism or pressing demands that don’t strike us as critically urgent. But when my husband and I both became patients with serious illnesses last year, we learned the clinical pitfalls of being the nice patients. As a bedside nurse myself, I understand the sentiment.

Self-Care

Nurse.com

AUGUST 24, 2022

As of August 22, 2022, there were over 15,000 confirmed monkeypox cases in the U.S. On August 4, 2022, the U.S. Monkeypox can be transmitted to cats and dogs, so patients should also isolate from house pets, according to Ramos. Unless you are involved in contact tracing, never ask the patient how or when they got it.

Business

Nurses Advocates

MAY 29, 2023

2022 Case Management Salary and Trends Special Report This was a special report I contributed to that looks at case management salary and trends. Stepping Up to Certification: The Helping Professionals Guide to Certification An overview of the various national certifications in case management, patient advocacy and patient experience.

Patient Advocacy