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American Family Physician July 15, 2001	Diary from a Week in Practice Decision on epidural anesthesia... Tobacco cessation... etc.
American Family Physician November 15, 2000	Diary from a Week in Practice Researchers disagree about whether attempts should be made to eradicate Helicobacter pylori in patients who have nonulcer dyspepsia... patients frequently neglect to follow the physician's recommendations... hypotension and abdominal pain... etc.
American Family Physician September 15, 2001	Diary from a Week in Practice Sad to see so many elderly patients living out their final days in isolation from family members who, for whatever reason, choose not to visit them... Anti-smoking poster does its job... etc.
American Family Physician August 15, 2001	Diary from a Week in Practice We've long known the importance of a good history for accurate diagnoses; what she didn't know is that even animals can sometimes assist in this process... A lot of talk has been circulating these days about the recertification test we all take every six or seven years... etc.
American Family Physician September 15, 2000	Diary from a Week in Practice Much of what we do is episodic in nature, but the continuity of care family physicians provide can truly count... a potentially disastrous patient encounter can have a positive outcome... "boomeritis" on the rise... Diagnosing panic disorder...
American Family Physician March 15, 2001	Diary from a Week in Practice Emotional aspects of using sildefinil to improve sexual relations... Naming a baby... Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis... etc.
American Family Physician June 15, 2002 Kathy Soch	Diary from a Week in Practice Asking teenaged patients about sensitive subjects... A resident takes charge of a patient with queit confidence and skill... Never a more important house call... etc.
American Family Physician September 1, 2000	Diary from a Week in Practice Success with benign positional vertigo using the Epley maneuver... Nifedipine-produced infertilit in men no longer a mystery... Diagnosing a peripheral brain lesion... Switch to music of bygone years a soothing influence in a doctor's office... a peaceful death...
American Family Physician April 15, 2001	Diary from a Week in Practice All the ways to prevent catastrophe are not known... As WLL ages, so does his practice. He is seeing more men and women complaining of hot flushes... Playful interaction with the child always precedes any attempt to embark on the physical examination... etc.
American Family Physician April 15, 2002 Kathy Soch	Diary from a Week in Practice Sometimes physicians can take advantage of anticipated side effects and actually use them to treat patients... Computers have really improved patient satisfaction... Walking three children to school in the morning can be educational for a family practice physician...
American Family Physician November 15, 2001 Robert H. Shackelford	Diary from a Week in Practice Patient loyalty and emergency measures... Four-gallon-bag prescription regimen reduced to one avoids potential self-medicating errors... etc.
American Family Physician October 15, 2000	Diary from a Week in Practice Presenting various aspects of the life of a family physician to a first grade class... Co-sleeping with children may be helpful... 38 herbal treatments have the potential to interact with warfarin... ASW joins the practice... Enjoying a livestock fair...
American Journal of Nursing December 2011 Mary K. Walton	Supporting Family Caregivers: Communicating with Family Caregivers A transformation is under way in acute care, at least in the United States, from provider-centered care to patient- and family-centered care.
American Family Physician August 1, 2000	Diary from a Week in Practice Medical diary: hand, foot and mouth disease... attempting to achieve their first pregnancy... asthmatic patient... Lidocaine allergy...
American Family Physician July 15, 2000	Diary from a Week in Practice A patient struggles through PCOS with the help of a new treatment... A young man is remorseful after a drunken first sexual experience... Limiting time spent with "drug reps"...
American Family Physician January 15, 2001	Diary from a Week in Practice Ketotifen seems helpful for asthma in the winter, but having to obtain it from overseas is unnerving... Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper... etc.
American Family Physician December 15, 2000	Diary from a Week in Practice Doxylamine and vitamin B6 appear to be effective in treating nausea of pregnancy... Treating "trigger fingers"... herbs have the potential to be harmful or to cause interactions with drugs, supplements or even foods... Smokers who quit with bupropion gain less weight... etc.
American Family Physician February 15, 2001	Diary from a Week in Practice GERD may be common in asthmatic patients... Obtaining bone density screening in patients older than 50 years who suffer a fracture... Potential cardiovascular health benefits of chocolate... Family physicians argue about whether pacifiers are good or bad for infants... etc.
American Family Physician February 15, 2005 Kathy Soch	Diary From a Week in Pactice A family practitioner sends a patient back to a nursing home... An annoying letter turned out to be more sensible than onerous... Wonders at prescribing 13 drugs for one patient... etc.
American Family Physician May 15, 2001	Diary from a Week in Practice Some new mothers are so determined to breast-feed that their focus is inspiring... More patients are looking for natural medications for a variety of ailments -- particularly insomnia... When treating hypertension, do you use A, B, C or D as your first-line drug?...
American Journal of Nursing January 2008 Maslow & Mezey	Recognition of Dementia in Hospitalized Older Adults Recognition of Dementia in Hospitalized Older Adults proposes several approaches that hospital nurses can use to increase recognition of dementia. This article describes the Try This approaches, how to implement them, and how to incorporate them into a hospital's current admission procedures.
American Family Physician August 15, 2002 Kathy Soch	Diary from a Week in Practice Remembering to perform routine preventive services on such a complex, demanding patient... Determining a patient's prognosis can sometimes be challenging... etc.
American Journal of Nursing October 2008	How to Try This: Working with Families of Hospitalized Older Adults with Dementia Families provide a considerable amount of informal care and support for older adults living with dementia. And when an older adult with dementia is hospitalized, family caregivers should be seen as important sources of information and included as valuable members of the health care team.
American Journal of Nursing September 2011 Schmid et al.	Care of the Suicidal Pediatric Patient in the ED: A Case Study At Childrens Hospital Boston, an algorithm-the Risk of Suicidality Clinical Practice Algorithm has been developed to ensure evidence-based care supported by best practice guidelines.
American Family Physician October 1, 2000	Diary from a Week in Practice On the consequences of becoming less involved with patients who require hospitalization... pregnancy-related carpal tunnel syndrome... adolescent obesity... aggressive treatment of dyslipidemia... huperzine A... a medical mission to Honduras...
American Family Physician December 1, 2000	Diary from a Week in Practice Duke's Magic Mouthwash for aphthous ulcers... so-called effective herbal therapies are not all that helpful... Legal changes in some states may make it easier for physicians to apologize for an unintended outcome without fear... etc.
American Journal of Nursing January 2010	Life-Support Interventions at the End of Life: Unintended Consequences Nurses need to be knowledgeable life-support interventions at the end of life and able to communicate what they know about those consequences to patients, family members, and others on the health care team, leading to better decision making at this difficult time.
Nursing April 2012 Elliott et al.	Managing alcohol withdrawal in hospitalized patients A focused nursing assessment is critical in identifying the potential for alcohol withdrawal symptoms in all hospitalized patients. This article discusses how to assess patients at risk and how to use these assessment findings as a basis for nursing interventions.
American Family Physician July 1, 2000	Diary from a Week in Practice This is one in a series by Walter L. Larimore, M.D., John R. Hartman, M.D., Chad A. Griffin, M.D., and John T. Littell, M.D., four family physicians in private practice in Kissimmee, Fla.
Nursing March 2009 Kate J. Morse	Focusing on the Surgical Patient with Cardiac Problems Learn about the latest guidelines for assessing cardiac risk and protecting his heart during noncardiac surgery.
American Journal of Nursing April 2010 Mary Curry Narayan	Culture's Effects on Pain Assessment and Management When patients belong to a culture or speak a language that's different from that of their health care provider, the provider faces additional challenges in successfully assessing and managing the patients' pain.
American Family Physician June 1, 2002 Jeffrey L. Cummings	Guidelines for Managing Alzheimer's Disease: Part I. Assessment Family physicians play a key role in assessing and managing patients with Alzheimer's disease and in linking the families of these patients to supportive services within the community.
American Family Physician July 15, 2000 Valerie Palda	Editorials PRE-OPportunity Knocks: A Different Way to Think About the Preoperative Evaluation...
Nursing Management September 2011 Sally Austin	What does EMTALA mean for you? When a patient enters your hospital, do you know what your obligations are under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act?
American Journal of Nursing September 2011 Adams & Tolich	Original Research: Blood Transfusion: The Patient's Experience This study therefore sought to identify how well patients understand the role of blood transfusion in their treatment and whether it causes them discomfort.
American Family Physician April 15, 2005 Kathy Soch	Diary From a Week in Pactice Monday: A smart patient admits to poor reasoning in facing her diabetes... Tuesday: A patient who's been advised to quit smoking makes the front page - smoking... Wednesday: An elderly patient with advanced dementia may have syphilis... etc.
American Family Physician December 15, 2002 Kathy Soch	Diary from a Week in Practice When families make promises to keep patients at home, what they mean is that they will care for them in the best and safest way possible... A tornado worries a hospital... Med students excel at taking a patient's history and physical examination, but they tend to have problems elsewhere...
American Family Physician August 1, 2000 Terry A. Rustin	Assessing Nicotine Dependence ...Family physicians can diagnose, evaluate and treat nicotine dependence within the limited time frame of an office visit. This article describes several assessment strategies...
Nursing Management July 2010 Lois Welden	Transfusion confusion Over the past decade, literature has indicated that liberal use of blood transfusions results in poor clinical outcomes in the majority of critically ill patients.
Nurse Practitioner August 2011 Davis et al.	Supportive approaches for Alzheimer Disease Alzheimer disease accounts for almost 80% of all dementia diagnoses. Currently, more than 5 million Americans suffer from this debilitating illness, with the highest prevalence in the oldest age groups.
American Journal of Nursing May 2010 Corbridge & Corbridge	Asthma in Adolescents and Adults This article outlines current guideline recommendations for asthma and reviews what clinicians need to teach patients about its pathophysiology, pharmacotherapy, self monitoring, and environmental control.
American Family Physician November 15, 2005 Haas et al.	Management of the Difficult Patient All physicians must care for some patients who are perceived as difficult because of behavioral or emotional aspects that affect their care. Specific communication techniques and greater patient involvement in the process of care may enhance the relationship.
American Journal of Nursing October 2008	Wandering in Hospitalized Older Adults: Identifying Risk is the First Step in This Approach to Preventing Wandering in Patients with Dementia. People who have dementia are at risk for wandering away from the safety of the care setting and becoming lost in the community. Here are three critical elements of prevention and action.
American Journal of Nursing November 2011	Supporting Family Caregivers: Teaching Essential Skills to Family Caregivers Nurses can use 'teachable moments' to help the transition from hospital to home care.
American Family Physician February 15, 2001 Karen S. Santacruz & Daniel Swagerty	Early Diagnosis of Dementia As more treatment options become available, it will become increasingly important to diagnose dementia early...
American Family Physician October 1, 2000 Richard J. Ackermann	End-of-life Care Withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining therapies is ethical and medically appropriate in some circumstances. This article summarizes the American Medical Association's Education for Physicians on End-of-life Care curriculum module on withholding or withdrawing therapy...
American Family Physician October 15, 2004 Kathy Soch	Diary From a Week in Pactice A family practitioner remembers to put the chart aside and go to the patient for the answers... Refers a patient to a rheumatologist... Changes meds for a patient with advanced dementia... etc.
American Family Physician June 15, 2005 Kathy Soch	Diary From a Week in Pactice A family physician diagnoses a broken leg while walking in the park... Sees two separate sprains with two very different patients... Gives advise on acne to a teen patient with a cold... etc.
Science News March 28, 2009	Science Past For March 28, 1959 Thoughts on patient resocialization in a mental hospital during the 1950s.
Nursing October 2009 Yvonne D'Arcy	Overturning barriers to pain relief in older adults This article will describe how to lower the barriers to effective pain control in older patients and provide practical tips for helping them receive the full benefit from pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapies.