Medication Update
No abstract available (Source: The Nurse Practitioner)
Source: The Nurse Practitioner - May 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Department: Medication Update Source Type: research
Impact of NP follow-up calls on reducing 30-day readmissions in patients with stroke
Abstract:
Hospital readmissions are major contributors to increased healthcare costs and lower quality of life. Despite advanced stroke care, patients who have experienced a stroke require ongoing follow-up care to prevent complications and hospital readmissions. We evaluated the impact of NP follow-up calls, providing another level of expertise to promptly identify new symptoms and complications, on readmission rates in patients who have experienced stroke. (Source: The Nurse Practitioner)
Source: The Nurse Practitioner - May 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature: QUALITY IMPROVEMENT Source Type: research
Tetralogy of Fallot: A case study and billing and coding perspective using the 2021 updated fee schedule
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The Physician Fee Schedule was updated in 2021 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. A case study on Tetralogy of Fallot, the most common cyanotic congenital heart defect, is presented with guidance in billing the office visit to reflect the current guidelines. (Source: The Nurse Practitioner)
Source: The Nurse Practitioner - May 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature: CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE Source Type: research
How NPs can eliminate practice barriers to intrauterine device use
No abstract available (Source: The Nurse Practitioner)
Source: The Nurse Practitioner - May 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: NCPD Connection Source Type: research
How NPs can eliminate practice barriers to intrauterine device use
This article outlines how NPs can eliminate practice barriers to intrauterine device use and prevent unintended pregnancy. (Source: The Nurse Practitioner)
Source: The Nurse Practitioner - May 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature: REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH: NCPD Connection Source Type: research
Measles: Moving toward eradication
No abstract available (Source: The Nurse Practitioner)
Source: The Nurse Practitioner - May 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: NCPD Connection Source Type: research
Measles: Moving toward eradication
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Measles is a vaccine-preventable, highly contagious virus once considered eradicated in the US. It is still a significant source of morbidity and mortality for children under 5 years of age worldwide. Advanced practice registered nurses are on the frontlines of reducing the spread of disease and educating the community on measles prevention. (Source: The Nurse Practitioner)
Source: The Nurse Practitioner - May 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature: INFECTIOUS DISEASE: NCPD Connection Source Type: research
UpToDate®
No abstract available (Source: The Nurse Practitioner)
Source: The Nurse Practitioner - May 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Department: UpToDate: What's New Source Type: research
Optional prescriptive authority: Does it still make sense?
No abstract available (Source: The Nurse Practitioner)
Source: The Nurse Practitioner - May 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Department: Advocacy in Practice Source Type: research
Nurses are everywhere around the globe
No abstract available (Source: The Nurse Practitioner)
Source: The Nurse Practitioner - May 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Department: Editor's Memo Source Type: research
With spring come transitions
No abstract available (Source: The Nurse Practitioner)
Source: The Nurse Practitioner - April 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: ONLINE ONLY: A Note from the UAPRN President Source Type: research
Medication Update
No abstract available (Source: The Nurse Practitioner)
Source: The Nurse Practitioner - April 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Department: Medication Update Source Type: research
Closing the gap: Collaborative care addresses social determinants of health
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Social determinants of health have a significant impact on individual and community health outcomes. Using an integrated behavioral health model at a primary care clinic—a Federally Qualified Health Center—NPs led an interdisciplinary team to address outcome measures that are influenced by social determinants of health. (Source: The Nurse Practitioner)
Source: The Nurse Practitioner - April 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature: DNP SPECIAL ISSUE: SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH Source Type: research
Establishing a process to improve the collection of family health history
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Knowledge of a person's potential to inherit certain diseases has rapidly become a valuable part of the discussion between provider and patient. Knowing the risk of hereditary disorders allows providers to include screening and diagnostic tests in a timely way. The family heath history is an easy and important tool for identification of risk for genetic diseases, including cancers. A project, which incorporated patient education and technology, was developed to improve the collection of family health history and identify high-risk patients for genetic cancers and/or diseases. (Source: The Nurse Practitioner)
Source: The Nurse Practitioner - April 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature: DNP SPECIAL ISSUE: FAMILY HEALTH HISTORY Source Type: research
Fibromyalgia: A clinical update
No abstract available (Source: The Nurse Practitioner)
Source: The Nurse Practitioner - April 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: NCPD Connection Source Type: research
