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NYC Nurses Strike Reaches Tentative Deal With 2 Major Hospital Systems NYSNA nurses at Montefiore and Mount Sinai hospitals reached tentative agreements, while those at NewYork-Presbyterian continue to strike.

NYC @nynurses.bsky.social strike reaches agreements after nearly a month of demanding workplace protections and adequate health benefits. Nurses returned to work on #ValentinesDay. There remain 4,200 nurses on strike. Read more here⬇️ bit.ly/4krNLdh

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Amelanotic Melanoma: Early Detection and Emerging Therapies Known as the “great masquerader,” amelanotic melanoma may resemble a variety of benign lesions, thereby increasing diagnostic complexity.

Known as the “great masquerader,” #AmelanoticMelanoma may resemble a variety of benign lesions, thereby increasing diagnostic complexity. Read more about this form of skin #cancer here➡️ bit.ly/4rtDhwy

“By the Time This Lecture Ends, Two Nurses Will Be Assaulted”: Survey Exposes Lingering Trauma Among Psychiatric Unit Staff After a 2022 employee engagement survey, Dr Kevin Bryant and his colleagues noticed a downward trend in staff opinions about workplace safety.

The ongoing #NYNurseStrike is not only highlighting staff ratios but also the need for safer work environments.

In a past feature, we explored the alarming frequency of workplace violence and the impact it has on healthcare teams⬇️ bit.ly/4omBB6q

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MONDAY, JAN. 12, 6 AM: Nearly 15,000 nurses based in NYC's major private hospitals staged a walkout amid rejected contract negotiations. Read more at the link here➡️ bit.ly/4jEjlnJ

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From Submersion to Survival: A Clinician’s Guide to Treatment and Prevention Learn how to rapidly identify, manage, and prevent drowning injuries using updated evidence-based approaches from prehospital care to ICU management.

Drowning can be fatal without quick thinking. Be prepared and learn how to rapidly identify, manage, and prevent #drowning injuries using the latest evidence-based approaches here⬇️ bit.ly/4pxtpR0

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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Understanding Age-Related Differences in Diagnosis and Management Understanding the underlying mechanisms and immunological dysfunction of SLE is essential to appreciate its diverse clinical manifestations and guide effective diagnosis and management.

Understanding the underlying mechanisms and immunological dysfunction of #SLE is essential to appreciate its diverse clinical manifestations and guide effective diagnosis and management. Read more here⬇️ bit.ly/4pjLVvW

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OrthoDx: Young Child With Difficulty Walking A 7-year-old boy is brought to the clinic for difficulty walking and poor growth. He arrives with his father; both look disheveled and pale, suggesting poor overall health and low socioeconomic status...

A 7-year-old boy is brought to the clinic for difficulty walking and poor growth. He arrives with his father; both look disheveled and pale. What's the diagnosis? Check out our special #Christmas edition of the #OrthoDx here🎄 ⬇️ bit.ly/4jcJkTd

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Crohn Disease: Early Diagnosis and Long-Term Treatment Guidelines Crohn disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that requires long-term medical and surgical management to improve quality of life.

#CrohnDisease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that requires long-term medical and surgical management to improve quality of life. Read a review of guidelines for clinicians here⬇️ bit.ly/3KsMLbA

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Food as Medicine: How Dietary Modifications Can Reduce Chronic Disease Burden Experts highlight how nurse practitioners can use lifestyle medicine and nutrition to reduce chronic disease and improve outcomes.

Can food be medicine? Experts highlight how nurse practitioners can use lifestyle medicine and #nutrition to reduce chronic disease and improve outcomes. Read more here⬇️ bit.ly/48U0vp0

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ACIP Votes to End Routine Hep B Birth Dose Recommendation The new recommendation allows parents to make the decision on when or if their child will receive the hepatitis B vaccine.

The CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has voted to change the recommendations for #HepatitisB vaccination in infants. Read from @medicalprofref.bsky.social here⬇️ bit.ly/3MKIHnw

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Evaluating and Treating DBMH Disorders in Pediatric Primary Care Children are presenting with complex, sometimes co-occurring, psychiatric disorders. Pediatric primary care providers play a vital role in educating and treating these patients and their guardians.

Children are presenting with complex, sometimes co-occurring, #PsychiatricDisorders. Pediatric primary care providers play a vital role in educating and treating these patients and their guardians. Read more here⬇️ bit.ly/4p4FL3G

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Turning the Tide: A Public Health Approach to Reduce Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia ALL is the most common childhood cancer, and cases are rising. Find out why this trend is paired with a remarkable 90% survival rate, and what public health action is needed next.

Acute lymphoblastic #leukemia is the most common childhood cancer, and cases are rising. Find out why this trend is paired with a remarkable 90% survival rate, and what #publichealth action is needed next⬇️ bit.ly/4ijiFUn

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Preventing Avascular Necrosis in Developmental Hip Dysplasia Avascular necrosis is a type of osteonecrosis resulting from a disruption in blood supply to the proximal femur and is a major complication associated with developmental hip dysplasia.

#AvascularNecrosis is a type of osteonecrosis resulting from a disruption in blood supply to the proximal femur and is a major complication associated with developmental #HipDysplasia. Read more here⬇️ bit.ly/4nYFPjW

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Incredibly honored to be featured by @clinicaladvisor.bsky.social for #NPWeeek!

There has never been a more important time for NPs to use our voice and be engaged participants in fighting misinformation!

So proud to be an NP today and everyday.

Thank you Maya Blumenfeld & The Clinical Advisor!

In honor of #NPWeek, we sat down to chat with James Q. Simmons, DNP, a hospitalist nurse practitioner and CEO of Simmons Medical & Media Consulting, about his dual careers in medicine and media.

Read our Q&A with Dr. Simmons here➡️ bit.ly/49ku2sL

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The Role of AI in Nursing With Stephen Ferrara Former AANP President Stephen Ferrara, DNP, discusses how AI can be a collaborative tool to mitigate administrative burden and clinical burnout, potentially improving patient outcomes.

We interviewed former AANP President Stephen Ferrara, DNP, who discusses how #AI can be a collaborative tool to mitigate administrative burden and clinical burnout, potentially improving patient outcomes. Check it out here⬇️ bit.ly/3XqsTZh

#NPWeek
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Call for Clinicians to Speak Up for Gender-Affirming Health Care: Q&A With Dallas Ducar The Clinical Advisor spoke with NP Dallas Ducar about what clinicians can do amidst the current social and political landscape to adequately care for their transgender and gender-diverse patients.

November 9-15 is #NPWeek, and we are celebrating nurse practitioners everywhere! Watch this space as we continue to spotlight this essential force in healthcare.

Check out this Q&A with @dallasducar.bsky.social, NP advocate for LGBTQ+ care⬇️ bit.ly/3ZoUJ9N

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Can a Social Democrat Reduce Health Care Costs? Zohran Mamdani’s campaign platform outlined an ambitious plan to expand access to health care and strengthen New York City’s public health infrastructure.

Zohran Mamdani, mayor-elect of New York City, will be inheriting a city in which 12% of residents remain uninsured and many more struggle to navigate a fragmented and costly health care system. Read our latest op/ed here⬇️ bit.ly/4hNeZtR

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#ElectionDay #NYCMayor

Good Documentation: The Ultimate Defense Against Malpractice The Legal Advisor often discusses the importance of documentation. This month’s case is a prime example of how taking good chart notes saved the APRN from liability.

The #LegalAdvisor often discusses the importance of documentation. This month’s case is a prime example of how taking good chart notes saved this APRN from #liability⬇️ bit.ly/4hsMscA

How the Mediterranean Diet May Slow Alzheimer Progression: Insights From Emerging Research Growing research points to the Mediterranean diet as a potential modulator of inflammation, beta-amyloid deposition, and other pathways central to Alzheimer progression.

Growing research points to the #MediterraneanDiet as a potential modulator of inflammation, beta-amyloid deposition, and other pathways central to #Alzheimer progression. Read our latest feature here⬇️ bit.ly/47cf86j

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After #PMHNCon, we're spotlighting notable PMHNs💡

First up, Amanda Culp-Roche, PhD, APRN, discusses bright light therapy and its potential as a non-pharma tool for managing depressive symptoms. Read more here➡️ bit.ly/4hgoscJ

#APNA2025

What is Moral Injury in Veterans and How Do You Treat It? Although it is not a formal psychiatric diagnosis, moral injury can have deep effects on the mental health of veterans.

Make sure to check out our #APNA2025 coverage, like our latest feature on Dr. Angela DelGrande’s presentation on moral injury in veteran patients. Click the link to read more⬇️ bit.ly/4or95QT

#PMHNCon #MedSky

Day 2 of #PMHNCon kicked off with a 💥 this morning as attendees filled the exhibit hall to check out posters and meet the presenters behind them - Stay tuned to hear from the poster presenters themselves!

#APNA2025

It's Day 1 of the #APNA2025
Conference in New Orleans🎉

The Clinical Advisor is here and excited to share exclusive content from the psychiatric nursing perspective. Keep an eye on this space...

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PA Couple Run Rural Iowa Clinic Love of medicine, the privilege of helping people, and the challenge of making a federally certified, rural health clinic in Redfield, Iowa, work for patients keep PAs Friedmann and Coyte going.

Next up this #PAweek: An Iowa PA husband-and-wife team🥰

A love of medicine and helping the underserved at their rural health clinic keep PAs Ed Friedmann and Libby Coyte going. Read their story here⬇️ bit.ly/4n5VDkI

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Kayla Frank, PA-C, Helps Modernize South Dakota PA Practice Laws South Dakota House Bill 1071 modernizes PA practice in the state by eliminating the requirement for PAs to have a collaboration agreement with a specific physician.

We're kicking #PAweek off with Kayla Frank, PA-C, who helped push the passage of a bill modernizing PA practice in South Dakota. Read more here⬇️ bit.ly/48Q5HKU

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South Carolina Bill Seeks Near-Total Abortion Ban The current law, which bans abortion after 6 weeks of pregnancy, would instead start as soon as pregnancy can be medically detected.

Both pro- and anti-abortion advocacy groups spoke out against the proposed South Carolina 'Unborn Child Protection Act' at a state senate hearing last week. Read the latest here⬇️ bit.ly/4gS3fWg

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The Role of Primary Care in Prescribing Continuous Glucose Monitoring Recent evidence reveals that more patients could benefit from receiving a continuous glucose monitoring prescription as part of diabetes care from their primary provider.

Recent evidence reveals that more patients could benefit from receiving a continuous glucose monitoring prescription as part of #diabetes care from their primary provider. Read more here⬇️ bit.ly/4gWaLQa

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Physician Suicide: Suicide Rates Among HCPs in the US Review rates, prevalence, and risk factors of suicide amongst physicians and other health care professional.

To wrap up #SuicidePreventionMonth, from @psychiatryadvisor.bsky.social: HCPs in the US are facing what the CDC has classified as a mental health crisis, with burnout and #depression found to be common factors of suicidality. Read more here⬇️ bit.ly/4molfJe

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Hepatitis B Shot for Newborns Has Nearly Eliminated Childhood Infections With This Virus in the US About 80% of parents currently choose to follow CDC guidelines to vaccinate their babies for hepatitis B at birth.

Repost from @theconversation.com: A pediatrician/preventive medicine specialist who studies vaccine policy discusses the continued need for the #HepatitisB vaccine in newborns amidst changing immunization recommendations. Read more here⬇️ bit.ly/48FzqpP

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