May 25th, 2016
The Book and The Novelty
Harrison Reed, PA-C
In 1985, Frederic Friedel destroyed the game of chess. At least that’s what some purists think. Friedel rocked the chess world when he created Chessbase, a computerized database that catalogued every single game of chess ever played. This stockpile of chess history not only recorded the individual moves of every match, it revealed an embarrassing […]
May 18th, 2016
The Nurse In Me
Elizabeth Donahue, RN, MSN, NP-C
Just last week, healthcare organizations around the country celebrated National Nurses Week. This tradition has been in place in various forms in the U.S. since the 1970s. It is capped off on the 12th of May each year because that is the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the British nurse whose observations and interventions while […]
May 12th, 2016
Birth Control Without Rx: Will Women Get the Care They Need?
Scott Cuyjet, RN, MSN, FNP-C
A new law went into effect in California on April 1 that enables women to receive a birth control prescription from a pharmacist. A similar law has been in effect in Oregon since the beginning of the year, but there is a significant difference between the two states’ laws. According to an article by The […]
May 4th, 2016
The Fringe: Part 2 – Debt Management
Bianca Belcher, MPH, PA-C
Welcome to part 2 of my 4-part series titled “The Fringe” (see part 1). So many students come out of medical school, PA school, or nursing school with a significant amount of debt. Couple graduate loans with undergraduate loans and/or other loans that you may have taken on over the years (car, house, etc.) — and […]
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