Kelsey Bates, APRN I think we would all agree that the majority of health care providers are comfortable managing low back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain, knee pain, elbow pain, etc. One musculoskeletal issue that can be equally as painful as the forementioned but may not be “as popular or well versed” as the others …
Bunnany Chhun Pekar, PhD, CRNA, AGACNP The purpose of this blog is to discuss some of the more common pulmonary disease findings. Please refer to my previous blog for a discussion on how to perform a complete pulmonary physical examination. Before we begin, what does the term “clinical findings” mean? Let us start with differentiating …
Osteoporosis workup and treatment is a common procedure in family and internal medicine. This disease is one of the most common bone diseases in the United States. Osteoporosis is a skeletal bone disease, and characterized by low bone mass. This conditions is the result of deterioration of the bone tissue with an increase in fragility …
Marsena Collins, FNP-C, ENC-C Knowing how to repair a laceration is an essential skill for almost any provider to have. People will always injure themselves and likewise, they will need our skills. Let’s briefly discuss the process of laceration closure. Step 1: Wound Anatomy Prior to closure it’s important to understand basic wound anatomy. Remember …
Camilo Mohar, DO Over 1 million hospitalizations occur each year as a result of acute congestive heart failure (CHF). With the ever increasing age of the US population, the prevalence of CHF is becoming more and more common. For this reason, it is important to understand the physiology and adequate management of congestive heart failure …
Melissa Cody, APRN Pulmonary/Critical Care We are all required to interpret an arterial blood gas at some point in our career. If you’re me you will certainly be looking at them all day; everyday. As an ACNP who works with a Pulmonary / Critical Care team ABGs are also a huge part of my daily …
