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Samantha Marty, APRN-CNPNurse Practitioner - Family Medicare: Accepting Medicare AssignmentsPractice Location: 47 Chambers Circle Rd, Walker, WV 26180 Phone: 888-771-8372 |
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Current clinical practice guidelines are not written with older adults with multiple illnesses in mind
The aging of the population and the increasing prevalence of chronic diseases pose challenges to the development and application of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs), according to background information in the article. In 1999, 48 percent of Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years or older had at least 3 chronic medical conditions and 21 percent had 5 or more.
Benefits of osteoporosis treatment in postmenopausal women outweigh the perceived risks
The benefits of treating osteoporosis in postmenopausal women outweigh the perceived risks, according to a Clinical Practice Guideline issued today by the Endocrine Society. The Society introduced the guideline during a news conference on Monday at ENDO 2019, its annual meeting in New Orleans, La.
Opioid drugs often overprescribed to children for pain relief, say CHOP surgeons
Opioid drugs prescribed to children for pain relief after a typical pediatric orthopaedic procedure may be significantly overprescribed, according to a new study by researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).
Novel risk score developed to predict cardiac arrest patient outcomes
Experts have developed a risk score to predict cardiac arrest patient outcomes.
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Nurse Practitioner: (1) A registered nurse provider with a graduate degree in nursing prepared for advanced practice involving independent and interdependent decision making and direct accountability for clinical judgment across the health care continuum or in a certified specialty. (2) A registered nurse who has completed additional training beyond basic nursing education and who provides primary health care services in accordance with state nurse practice laws or statutes. Tasks performed by nurse practitioners vary with practice requirements mandated by geographic, political, economic, and social factors. Nurse practitioner specialists include, but are not limited to, family nurse practitioners, gerontological nurse practitioners, pediatric nurse practitioners, obstetric-gynecologic nurse practitioners, and school nurse practitioners.