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2023 Summer Reading List

Nurses Advocates

They are: Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano Horse by Geraldine Brooks Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Next up is Jane Thomas Crawford , a long time friend from Quota International. Freedman: Great author, and this is a great story. Other great reads by this author are House of Smoke, and Against the Wind.

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Dealing with 4 Generations in the Workplace? Focus on Strengths, Not Stereotypes

Daily Nurse

stereotypes swirling around, workplace management expert Jo Anne Preston says the potential for misunderstandings and conflicts is high. Gen Xers do value thanks, praise, compliments, and other types of recognition, but—real talk—you should also make sure you’re fairly compensating them for their contributions.”

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New Weight Loss Drugs Carry High Price Tags and Lots of Questions for Seniors

American Nurse

Recently, she said, she tried to persuade a Medicare Advantage plan representative to authorize Wegovy for a patient with high blood pressure and cholesterol who was gaining weight rapidly. I feel real good about myself,” she told me. I’m just waiting for this patient’s blood sugar to rise to a level where diabetes can be diagnosed.

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Measuring Exhaled Nitric Oxide When Diagnosing and Managing Asthma

Consult QD

However, the authors calculated that a five-day test would work nearly as well as a seven-day test (area under the receiver-operating curve 0.86 Omalizumab effectiveness by biomarker status in patients with asthma: evidence from PROSPERO, a prospective real-world study. Ann Am Thorac Soc 2022; 19(10):1627–1630.

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These Nursing Associations Connect You to Fellow Pros and Valuable Resources

Nurse.com

Founded in the 1980s following the creation of the first education program for dermatologic nursing, DNA has a vision of becoming the global authority in the field. Academy of Neonatal Nursing (ANN). Dermatology Nurses’ Association (DNA). dnanurse.org. Neonatal Nursing. academyonline.org. Maine State Nurses Association (MSNA).

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Surgical De-Escalation for Benign High-Risk Breast Lesions

Consult QD

Thresholds for excision based on limited evidence are concerning, and anticipated regret is a real and powerful driver of patient choice. Some authors recommend observation for high-risk lesions in cases involving microcalcifications on a screening mammogram in an asymptomatic woman of average risk. DeSantis CE, Ma J, Gaudet MM, et al.

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Endocrinopathies from Checkpoint Inhibitors

Consult QD

Hypophysitis, i.e., inflammation of the pituitary gland, usually leads to pituitary enlargement 13,14 and has been reported to be a major cause of immune checkpoint inhibitor-mediated hypopituitarism, although some authors use the terms hypopituitarism and hypophysitis interchangeably. Ann Oncol 2016; 27(4):559–574.