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Catch up on today’s medical break-throughs and exciting new research. Our Nurse planners pull content from the country’s top medical sources like the CDC, Elsevier, and the National Medical Library.
10 Non-Bedside Nursing Job Ideas
Hospitals will always need bedside care, but more and more nurses are looking for jobs beyond the hospital, especially as the COVID-19 pandemic makes patient care even more exhausting than usual. The pandemic has stretched hospitals to the limit with nurses taking on...
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6 Tips For New Nurses Who Feel Anxiety
Becoming a new nurse should be one of the most exciting times in your nursing career. You’ve overcome some hurdles, tackled some obstacles, and still passed the NCLEX! This is by far the “Year of the Nurse” right? However many new grads may be anxious and overwhelmed...
read moreCDC Disease of the Week: Shigellosis
[shig·el·lo·sis] Shigellosis is a diarrheal disease caused by a group of bacteria called Shigella. Most people get shigellosis after having close contact with an infected person, eating or drinking contaminated food or water, or touching contaminated surfaces...
Opioid Use and Pregnancy
Risks of Opioid Misuse During Pregnancy Untreated opioid use disorder during pregnancy can have devastating consequences for the unborn baby. Fluctuating levels of opioids in the mother may expose the fetus to repeated periods of withdrawal, which can harm placenta...
Prescription Drug Abuse – Scope
Misuse of prescription opioids, CNS depressants, and stimulants is a serious public health problem in the United States. Although most people take prescription medications responsibly, in 2017, an estimated 18 million people (more than 6 percent of those aged 12 and...
Opioid Overdose Crisis
Data from 2018 shows that every day, 128 people in the United States die after overdosing on opioids.1 The misuse of and addiction to opioids—including prescription pain relievers, heroin, and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl—is a serious national crisis that...
Early-onset Glaucoma Genetics
Description Glaucoma is a group of eye disorders in which the optic nerves connecting the eyes and the brain are progressively damaged. This damage can lead to reduction in side (peripheral) vision and eventual blindness. Other signs and symptoms may include bulging...
New in Research: Brain’s Self-Regulation in Teens at Risk for Obesity
A new study shows that teen at risk for adult obesity have less active self-regulation system in the brain. In a small study that scanned the brains of teenagers while exposing them to tempting “food cues,” researchers report that reduced activity in the brain’s...
Once Considered Rare, An Itchy Dermatologic Skin Disorder Is More Common Than Thought
Credit: Getty Images Johns Hopkins researchers report that prurigo nodularis (PN), a skin disease characterized by severely itchy, firm bumps on the skin, may be associated with other inflammatory skin disorders as well as systemic and mental health disorders....
High Fat Diet During Pregnancy Slows Learning in Offspring, Rat Study Suggests
Tamashiro and Cordner Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine In a bid to further explore how a mother-to-be’s diet might affect her offspring’s brain health, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have found that pregnant and nursing rats fed high fat diets have offspring that...
New Animal Study Adds to Evidence of Parkinson’s Disease Origins in the Gut
Experiments in mice show transmission of nerve-killing protein from the gut into the brain In experiments in mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have found additional evidence that Parkinson’s disease originates among cells in the gut and travels up the...
Wearable ultrasound patch tracks blood pressure
At a Glance Researchers engineered a blood pressure sensor that uses ultrasound technology and can be worn as a flexible skin patch. After further development, this technology could replace other methods of monitoring blood pressure. The pressure of blood...