New Products & Practices for Wound Care
Apps, HydroClean and Honey? According to PR Newswire, the wound care biologics market is expected to earn 1.42 billion US dollars in 2018. That number…
Specialties
Strategies for Success: Improving Influenza Vaccination Rates for Asthma within Pediatric Primary Care
Understanding Pediatric Asthma & Low Influenza Rates According to the National Center for Health Statistics, 6.8 million children have asthma1,2 and asthma is the leading…
Assessing the Difference Between Food Allergy and Food Sensitivity
Healthcare providers are caring for patients at a pivotal time in the food allergy spectrum Many of us can look back on our childhood and…
Tick-ing Time Bomb?
The tick problem has gradually grown over the past decade, and this summer may be the worst yet If you or your patients live in…
Screening and Management of Alcohol Misuse in Primary Care
What Every PCP Should Know Significance: The primary care provider (PCP) is often the first and most integral player in the initial assessment of the…
The Father’s experience in the NICU
A Family-Centered Care Approach With advances in neonatal and pediatric intensive care, the survival of hospitalized children has increased. These advances also has increased the…
Oceania University of Medicine’s unique MD program
Oceania University of Medicine’s unique MD program is ideal for health professionals like you. Let’s talk about taking the next step. If you want to…
Understanding Workplace Bullying
Have you experienced bullying or violence in the workplace? Many people might not entirely grasp or understand the concept of bullying and/or violence in the…
Preterm Births higher among poor minority women
A retrospective study of economy and population Mason, Kaufman, Emch, Hogan, and Savitz1 used birth records for seven ethnic groups in New York City from…
Spinal Cord Injuries
Nurses’ role in both prevention and treatment of cervical and lumbar injuries A spinal cord injury is devastating for a patient, their family and their…
MACRA/MIPS
Insource or Outsource? The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 made modifications to the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), Medicare’s physician payment system established by the…
Asthma and Allergy Month, Ailments for All Seasons
An Update on Asthma & Allergy Care For those who live with allergic rhinitis, ‘tis always the season. From the itchy, runny nose to the…
Communication Challenges and Strategies for Patients with Cerebral Palsy
Within the healthcare community, communication between doctor or nurse and the patient is vital to successful outcomes, regardless of the condition being treated or the…
Awareness for Arthritis
As part of National Arthritis Month, ADVANCE offers this guide for nurses to consult when caring for arthritic patients. Although commonly regarded as a single…
Handling Hot Flashes
Non-Hormonal and Alternative Treatments for Vasomotor Symptoms in Menopause Hot flashes can influence the daily lives of women going through menopause, with 50-82% experiencing them…
Building a Case
Growing evidence supports massage therapy for relief of chronic pain A recent ADVANCE article discussed the work of the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) in…