Nursing and the clinical world are full of learning experiences. Although licensed practical nurses (LPN)s undertake formal training and keep skills updated through courses, there is so much more to learning and development. With a wealth of experience to learn from one of the best ways for LPNs to be able to develop in the[…]
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Author: Alan Rothstein
How Licensed Practical Nurses Can Implement Change in Their Department
Healthcare is an ever-changing industry. Many procedures that were once commonplace are now obsolete. Some changes require organizations to work collaboratively and are very complex. There are, however, lots of other changes in practice that make a big difference to patients that licensed practical nurses can do within a clinical team. Here’s how to make[…]
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How Predictive Analytics is Transforming the Legal Industry
Are you interested in the law and working with big data? The demand for paralegals is growing, even with the introduction of predictive analytics into the legal industry. A paralegal’s job is demanding, and predictive analytics only helps the paralegal do and manage more. This makes them even more valuable in the legal industry. One[…]
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Find Your Passion Helping Others with a Massage Therapy Career
There are those who have great compassion for people with a life goal to enrich the lives of others. For those people, there is nothing more rewarding than having a career that helps and enriches their clients. One of the most gratifying careers that falls into this category is massage therapy. Not only do you[…]
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How Nurses Keep Patients Hydrated in the Hospital
In a hospital setting it is surprisingly easy for older people and sick patients to become dehydrated as a consequence of their illness. Dehydration leads to confusion, headaches, infections, and acute kidney injury. The nurse along with the CNA have a critical role in checking the status of patients and preventing dehydration from occurring. This[…]
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Why Competent Medical Billing and Coding Professionals Are Invaluable
Medical billing and coding professionals convey complex information regarding a patient’s diagnoses, procedures, prescriptions, and equipment into alphanumeric codes and then transfer them into the billing databases and patient records. These separate tasks may be handled by several different medical billing and coding professionals. Most people overlook or are completely unaware that all of this[…]
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7 Questions to Prepare for a Medical Assisting Interview
Candidates succeed in job interviews when their answers match employer expectations. In a medical assisting interview, employers ask questions that reveal the candidates’ skills, practice-specific knowledge and their fit with the practice/institution. However, the medical assistant candidate should not try to guess at the employer’s expectations as they will want to work in an atmosphere[…]
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Crystal – Massage Graduate from Sandy Springs
One of Gwinnett College – Sandy Springs’ Massage Therapy graduates, Crystal, was just mentioned in the Miami Curated blog for being “amazing.” Crystal currently works at Newport Beachside Resort and Spa (305-949-1300, 16701 Collins Avenue, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160) as a massage therapist. We are so proud of her. Here is the review; Newport[…]
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What is an EKG? A Medical Assisting Guide
The EKG is one the most common test used to identify cardiovascular conditions. Testing for heart and blood vessel disorders with an electrocardiogram (EKG) is non-invasive. The EKG will show the physician if the patient’s heart is damaged or short of oxygen. The medical assistant is responsible for obtaining a good-quality EKG without avoidable artifacts.[…]
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The Immune System: A Medical Assistant’s Guide
In the course of performing a medical assisting role, the medical assistant will need to become familiar with the immune system. The immune system is the part of the body that identifies and destroys microorganisms that have the potential to cause illness and disease. The body’s immune system produces antibodies to combat antigens, a foreign[…]
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