Medical Practice

Magazine articles on medical practice and technical issues of treatment.

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American Journal of Nursing May 2009 Patricia Connor-Ballard	Understanding and Managing Burn Pain: Part 2 Despite advances in treatment of burn injuries and their consequent pain, wound care is the main source of the pain associated with burn injury.
Nurse Practitioner May 2009 Bradway & Rodgers	Evaluation and Management of Genitourinary Emergencies Primary care NPs are often the first to identify and provide treatment for a variety of genitourinary conditions. These include acute urinary retention; priapism; obstructing renal calculi; and two acute scrotal emergencies - testes torsion and Fournier gangrene.
Nurse Practitioner May 2009 Yvonne D'Arcy	Is Low Back Pain Getting on Your Nerves? The pain and disability of low back pain are the most common reasons patients seek healthcare. Here are tools for diagnosis and treatment options.
Nurse Practitioner April 2009 Randy M. Gordon	Skin cancer: More than skin deep Skin cancer is the most common carcinoma in the United States, affecting millions. One in five Americans and one in three whites will develop skin cancer in their lifetime.
Nurse Practitioner April 2009 Tamara Zurakowski	The practicalities and pitfalls of polypharmacy A working knowledge of the pharmacokinetics of aging and basic pharmacodynamics of medications in the older adult is needed to appropriately care for elders.
Pharmaceutical Executive April 1, 2009 Marcee Nelson	Ten Minutes to Connect What women are looking for in their physician's office is less consultation and more conversation.
Fast Company May 2009 Ellen McGirt	Why Electronic Health Records Are Worth the Hype -- and the Price The push for electronic medical records has stirred controversy -- but their potential is immeasurable.
Nursing April 2009 Colwell & Gordon	Helping patients combat colon cancer Colorectal cancer is the third most frequently diagnosed cancer in the United States. In 2008, about 148,810 people received this diagnosis and an estimated 49,960 died of the disease.
Nursing April 2009 Pruitt & Lawson	What You Need to Know About Venous Thromboembolism Do you know how to recognize and respond to this potentially life-threatening emergency?
Popular Mechanics April 3, 2009 Andrew Moseman	The Future of Needles: Upgrading Medicine's Most-Used Tool When inserting needles, doctors and nurses rely on tactile feedback, says Jeffrey Karp, chemical and bioengineering professor of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology.
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