Lindee Abe, APRN Knee injuries are common in urgent care centers and emergency departments across the country. There are various mechanisms of injury that include everything from direct trauma to twisting. There are also patient that experience knee pain with an insidious onset. The knee is a complex joint that can have different etiologies of …
Melanie Jones, PA-C Biliary disease in the outpatient setting is a common cause of abdominal pain. Abdominal pain is a common complaint for many outpatients. Your goal will be to determine if the complaint is something emergent that will require that the patient present to the Emergency Department or if it can be worked up …
Marsena Collins, FNP-C ENP-C You may wonder what being an ENP means to me. In a word: Accomplished. Being an Emergency Nurse Practitioner makes me feel accomplished and proud! How many people can actually say that they are working their dream job? Well, I knew since I was 5 years old that I would be …
Ian Johnson, PA-C So you mistakenly did it. You looked at the computer interpretation of your patient’s EKG. The EKG doesn’t look perfect, but is it pathologic? As with most findings in medicine, the most important question to answer is “is the patient symptomatic?”. If the answer is no, then let’s review some findings on …
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 …
By Marsena Collins FNP-C, ENP-C A few months ago I posted a blog about “How to Close a Laceration.” This follow-up discusses specific wound closure techniques that will take your suturing skills to the next level. I will list the pros and cons of each technique. First, I want to list key principles to consider …
