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Careers InDemand: Registered Nurse

Jun 25, 2020

WINCHESTER, Va. (WDVM) — This week’s Career in Demand features Registered Nurses . A day in the life of a registered nurse typically involves working 12 hour shifts for three days a week. Registered nurses complete tasks such as checking vitals and administering medication. One of the most important parts of the job is interacting with each patient. “Really, they’re the individuals that are just the...

Nurse practitioners practice “more than medicine”

Jun 10, 2020

Nurse practitioners are often thought of as stopgaps to mitigate the shortage of primary care physicians, but in a new book, LaTonya Trotter , assistant professor of sociology, shows that they do much more than simply extend limited health care resources. In fact, she said, their role may reveal a fundamental misallocation of them. In More than Medicine: Nurse Practitioners and the Problems They Solve for Patients, Health Care...

HOW SHOULD MEDICAL STUDENTS RESPOND TO COVID-19?

May 01, 2020

Medical students have always volunteered to help during health crises and disasters, and research suggests that pitching in with due care is good for them By Kieren Fahey, University of Melbourne In the face of the worst pandemic of our generation what should medical students be doing to help stretched health systems? Should we be jumping in an helping? Will we just get in the way? Do medical schools have a duty of...

Creating a more resilient nation in times of crisis

Apr 16, 2020

It’s all hands-on deck in New York City after Mayor Bill de Blasio called for a national enlistment of doctors and medical workers to help ease strains on hospital staff in coronavirus hotspots. While this idea may seem unprecedented, it is not new. The United States has a standby plan for a ‘doctor draft’, formally known as the Health Care Personnel Delivery System. Whether we need to use it in the future may...

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