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Assessment Description Outline typical presentation, etiology, common differential diagnosis, typical diagnostic work-up, treatment plan including pharmacological and nonpharmacological...

What advocacy actions might you take to improve health care through legislation at the state or federal level?

Scenario #1: A 49-year-old woman with advanced stage cancer has been admitted to the emergency room with cardiac arrest. Her husband and one of her children accompanied the ambulance. As a primarily...

Assignment: Off-Label Drug Use in Pediatrics The unapproved use of approved drugs, also called off-label use, with children is quite common. This is because pediatric dosage guidelines are typically...

Assessment Description “Fever of unknown origin” is a diagnosis known well to acute care providers. “Rash of unknown origin” is not an official diagnosis, but it is one that...