Adolescent marijuana use and anticipatory guidance: What does the evidence support?
April 8th 2021Over the past 9 years, a number of states have legalized the recreational use of marijuana in adults aged 21 years and older. Although teenagers aren't legally allowed to consume the substance, the legalization for adults can make it more available to teenagers and young adults. This article covers the latest evidence and offers recommendations for talking to teenagers.
Are primary prevention strategies altering the course of the perfect storm?
February 23rd 2021As the 2020-2021 influenza season loomed, many in health care worried that the seasonal disease would add to the extraordinary burden of coronavirus disease 2019 and create a perfect storm. Have various prevention strategies helped prevent this potential issue?
Hyperactivity, learning disabilities, and social isolation…COVID-19 and its effects on ADHD
October 26th 2020COVID-19 has created many stresses: mental, job-related, and health. For some caregivers, these stressors are complicated further with caring for a child with attention-deficit/hyperactive disorder (ADHD).
Let’s proactively stop another public health nightmare!
August 20th 2020This is the critical moment in time for all health care providers to proactively stop this potential public health nightmare by speaking with all parents and adolescents about the absolute need for everyone to receive the influenza vaccine.
As fall approaches, one of the biggest questions is: Can children return to school and be in classroom environments that assure health and well-being for all? Here's how practitioners can help.
Safe return to school: A call to action
As fall approaches, one of the biggest questions is: Can children return to school and be in classroom environments that assure health and well-being for all?
Identification of children at high-risk for MIS-C
July 17th 2020Every pediatric provider including pediatric nurse practitioners and pediatric nurses working in hospital or in outpatient settings must know the various ways children and adolescents may present with possible COVID-19 symptoms. They must also know which patients are at high risk of developing multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).
COVID-19 remains a major threat to our nation’s health and well-being
April 23rd 2020The COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage, but many questions remain. Questions like: How are children coping with the trauma many families are currently experiencing in their family lives? Are schools and pediatric offices prepared to help children and adolescents cope with their losses?
Our world is upside down-COVID-19 is the culprit
March 23rd 2020The world in which we live, work, socialize, learn, and play has turned upside down and is spinning out of control, directly related to COVID-19. Numerous questions have emerged and more emerge every day: How do we make sense of our world that changes direction within a millisecond of time?