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What Nurse Practitioners Need to Know About Immunizations
What are immunizations and why are they so important? Immunization is an important part of preventive care and…
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Communicating with Vaccine-Hesitant Patients, Parents, and Caregivers About Vaccination
Vaccination is clearly a highly successful public health measure, yet an increasing number of persons question whether it…
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5 Lab Tests Every Nurse Practitioner Should Monitor During Common Medication Therapies
There are several common medication therapies during which the patient’s labs must be monitored. Nurse Practitioners working in…
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What NPs Should Know about Deprescribing in Older Adults
What is deprescribing? Deprescribing is the planned and supervised process of dose reduction or stopping medication that can…
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The Latest in Migraine and Tension Headache Treatments
What are migraines and tension headaches? Migraine and tension-type headaches are the two most common forms of primary…
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Latest Recommendations in Contraceptive Forms
What are the different forms of contraception? There are three different tiers of contraception sorted based on effectiveness.…
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How and Why Should Prebiotics and Probiotics Be Used?
For years, scientists have been aware of the adverse effects of antibiotics. When they are necessary, however, you…
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Latest STI Treatment Recommendations for Nurse Practitioners
The CDC recently updated their guidelines for STI treatment. The revised 2021 guidelines are accessible here. What…
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COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Parents: NPs’ Role in Disseminating Facts, Debunking Myths
In the United States, the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 vaccine is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
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Cognitive Errors in Clinical Diagnosis: Representativeness
Pattern recognition is one of the many cognitive heuristics, or short-cuts, clinicians use to make the complex process…
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Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Prevention Important in Certification and Practice
What can you tell me about primary, secondary, and tertiary interventions that are featured on the exam? The…
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Cognitive Errors in Clinical Diagnosis: Availability Bias and Premature Closure
Errors in diagnostic reasoning can occur when clinicians use cognitive shortcuts, relying on intuition and past experience to…
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