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Breaking: Healthcare Workers Experiencing Hope as Side Effect of COVID-19 Vaccine

GomerBlog

It is co-managed by both the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). ATLANTA, GA – The most common side effect or adverse reaction healthcare workers are experiencing after the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is hope, Gomerblog reports.

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Need to See a Doctor Fast? Here’s How Urgent Care Could Save Your Day

Plum Health

In this article, I’ll walk you through why urgent care could be your best option when time is of the essence. Urgent care centers are often staffed with experienced doctors, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants who are fully equipped to handle a wide range of medical issues. No long waits like you’d experience in an ER.

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GeriPal Special: Hopes and Worries for Hospice and Palliative Care

GeriPal

The company has expanded its palliative care services through partnerships with hospitals and other managed care providers, according to AccentCare CEO Stephan Rodgers. Eric: That’s why I love reading your articles, always so deep in science. Eric: And when do we expect that article to come out? We need good Docs.

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

Physician's Weekly

On a gloomy Friday in January, Johnson, a nurse practitioner who treats older adults, had a hospice consult with Ellen, a patient in her 90s in declining health. “It’s also often the family member or the person helping to manage them.” nurse practitioners can practice independently. “Hello.

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Diabetes in Late Life: Nadine Carter, Tamryn Gray, Alex Lee

GeriPal

And yet we’re also in a different place in diabetes monitoring and management. And we invited Tamryn Gray from the Dana Farber joins us to ask insightful questions, including: What blood sugar range should we target for patients in the nursing home or hospice? Listen in to learn more! This is Eric Widera. Welcome back, Alex.

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Improving Hospital Care for Older Adults through Acute Care for Elders (ACE Units): Kellie Flood and Stephanie Rogers

GeriPal

If you want to do a deeper dive in ACE units, check out some of the following articles: The original NEJM paper on ACE units from 1996. So that’s one, this patient-centered geriatric assessment and management approach. So ACE stands for if I’m correct because I’m terrible acronyms, acute care for elders unit, right?

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Buprenorphine Use in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Zachary Sager and Janet Ho

GeriPal

Our experts include Katie Fitzgerald Jones (palliative nurse practitioner and doctoral student at Boston College), Zachary Sager (palliative care physician at the Boston VA and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute), and Janet Ho (physician at UCSF in addiction medicine and palliative care). Article on buprenorphine in the elderly.

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