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Rethinking Opioid Conversions: Mary Lynn McPherson and Drew Rosielle

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It depends on the clinical situation. But we still, regardless of how you do this calculation have to temper it with clinical judgment. Mary Lynn: I’m willing to bet that you temper that calculation with your clinical judgment though. You take their age, their gender, you take their chronic conditions.

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Nurse Practitioners Critical in Treating Older Adults as Ranks of Geriatricians Shrink

Physician's Weekly

The Health Resources and Services Administration projects a 50% increase in demand for geriatricians from 2018 to 2030, when the entire baby boom generation will be older than 65. Their growth has bolstered primary care, and, like doctors, they can specialize in particular branches of medicine. ” In 27 states and Washington, D.C.,