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This is a medical education podcast for all types of healthcare workers, written from the perspective of an acute care nurse practitioner hospitalist
Neuroplasticity, or the ability of the brain to change, is a huge term that encompasses all the things that make humans who they are. It is why some deaf people are more sensitive to vibrations and body language. The stroke patient who suffers aphasia sometimes learns to speak again. It is how people learn after … Continue reading Neurotransmission, Neuroplasticity, and an Origin Story
I am currently a hospitalist nurse practitioner working in Hamilton, Montana (MT). I returned to school last fall to further my training in the specialty of psychiatric and mental health, to address a significant need here among hospitalized and non-hospitalized patients alike. Issues pertaining to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) youth have taken … Continue reading Policy and Mental Health among LGBTQ
Disparities, or differences, in the incidence and outcomes of cervical cancer exist. Our current understanding of cervical cancer and human papillomavirus were born of a situation that parallels some of the same issues that exist today, while highlighting the reasons behind changes to rules about informed consent. One cannot write about cervical cancer without discussing Henrietta Lacks. Henrietta … Continue reading Cervical Cancer and Henrietta Lacks
Herd immunity is a method of preventing the spread of an infectious disease through achieving a high rate of natural or vaccine-acquired immunity within a population (Biscontini, 2020). Herd Immunity reduces or eliminates the spread among the unprotected and protected alike. Herd immunity is not so much a function of getting a disease or not, but … Continue reading Herd Immunity
Medicine has historically addressed health as a function of treatment of disease. Due to soaring costs and increased focus on evidence-based medicine, there has been a movement towards preventing disease and promoting health, and this holds true for mental health as well. The burden of mental health is high, with 46% of adults having experienced … Continue reading The Problem with Addressing Mental Health and Burnout
I am going to address the vaccine mandates, since it is such a controversial topic right now. It is not an issue of whether we are legally able to require vaccination. According to Gostin et al. (2021), mandatory vaccine mandates are legal, since the federal case of Jacobson v Massachusetts upheld mandatory vaccinations as a condition for children to … Continue reading Vaccine Mandates