April 24th 2024
Donna Hallas, PhD, PPCNP-BC, CPNP, PMHS, FAANP, FAAN, highlights the April 2024 issue of Contemporary Pediatrics.
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April 18-19, 2024
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Equalizing Inequities™ in Multiple Myeloma Care: Shining a Light on Current Barriers and Opportunities for Improved Outcomes
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Patient, Provider, and Caregiver Connection: Addressing Pediatric and AYA Patient Concerns While Managing Hodgkin Lymphoma
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Advances In: Integrating New Treatment Options into Management Plans for Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Understanding the Infection Burden and Anticipating the Impact of Vaccines
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(COPE Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Keeping an Eye on Evolving Management Strategies for nAMD and DME
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(CME Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Keeping an Eye on Evolving Management Strategies for nAMD and DME
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Addressing Healthcare Inequities™ in Glaucoma Management – Understanding Challenges in Segmented Patient Populations (CME Track)
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Community Practice Connections™: Real-World Applications of Novel Therapies Across TNBC and Addressing Disparities in Care
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Cases and Conversations™: Evidence-Based Approaches to Management of CKD in Your Patients with T2DM
September 25, 2024
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Collaborating Across the Continuum™: The Role of Multidisciplinary Care in the Management of Patients with Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency
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3rd Annual International Congress on Pediatric Oncology
October 25, 2024
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Advances in TNBC: Communicating with Your Patients About Clinical Trial Awareness and Treatment Concerns to Improve Clinical Outcomes
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Patient, Provider, and Caregiver Connection™: Prevention and Control of Meningococcal Disease — Individualizing Vaccine Recommendations in Adolescent Populations
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Clinical Consultations™: Managing Depressive Episodes in Patients with Bipolar Disorder Type II
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Advances In™ Rare Genetic Forms of Obesity: Emerging Therapeutic Targets
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Medical Crossfire®: Understanding the Advances in Bipolar Disease Treatment—A Comprehensive Look at Treatment Selection Strategies
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Community Oncology Connections™: Overcoming Barriers to Testing, Trial Access, and Equitable Care in Cancer
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Comprehensive Approaches to Creating Successful Sickle Cell Management Plans Across Patients’ Lifespans
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'REEL’ Time Patient Counseling: The Diagnostic and Treatment Journey for Patients With Bipolar Disorder Type II – From Primary to Specialty Care
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Addressing Healthcare Inequities: Bridging the Gap in Multiple Sclerosis – A Focus on Clinical and Healthcare Disparities in Black Patients
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Overcoming Racial Disparities in Multiple Myeloma Outcomes and Clinical Trials: How We are Moving Care Forward Today
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Clinical ShowCase™: Finding the Best Path Forward for Patients with COPD
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More Than ‘Blue’ After Birth: Managing Diagnosis and Treatment of Post-Partum Depression
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Community Practice Connections™: 5th Annual Precision Medicine Symposium – An Illustrated Tumor Board
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Screening for depression: A must in NP practice
April 17th 2018Jane Mendle, PhD’s research at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, investigating the long-term psychological effects of early puberty has significant implications for our practices as pediatric nurse practitioners-and for all healthcare providers.
Counsel parents on environmental health issues
October 26th 2016Pediatricians are often asked questions by parents about the effect of environmental exposures on the health of their children. Although some environmental exposures can be detrimental to children’s health, not all are despite the often erroneous claims made by the media.
Why isn't mental health viewed like every other screening test?
June 22nd 2016I believe we have an opportunity to improve the care of our children by overcoming the stigma of mental health disorders and other barriers, and by applying professional standards in the pediatric medical home for the provision of mental health services to children.
Learning to care for mental health
June 1st 2016I believe many physicians in primary care are troubled practicing in the current healthcare environment. Regardless of what they earn, many feel they are too busy and don’t have time to adequately listen to the concerns of their patients and their families.
Transgender kids: At greater risk of poor mental health?
April 28th 2016Despite earlier studies that reveal increased depression an anxiety in transgender children and adolescents, new research published in Pediatrics reveals that children who were supported in their choice of gender identity were no more likely to suffer negative psychosocial effects than other children.
National registry enrolling providers who give mental health screenings
March 18th 2011TeenScreen National Center for Mental Health Checkups at Columbia University announces open enrollment to its new TeenScreen Registry for primary care providers who offer standard-of-care mental health screening to adolescents.
CDC: Parents seek mental health care for 15% of their children
September 18th 2008U.S. parents seek assistance from a health care professional or school employee regarding emotional and behavorial issues for 14.5% of children ages 4 to 17, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report has found.
Report cards are out: Most states get a poor or failing grade foremergency and mental health care
May 17th 2006A state-by-state survey conducted by the American College ofEmergency Physicians (ACEP) has found widespread gaps in emergencycare in the United States. Access to emergency care is seriouslylimited in many states, with no excess capacity to cope withdisasters and with frequent shunting of patients from one hospitalto another when emergency department beds are full, as they oftenare.
More and more, college students seek mental health counseling formajor problems
May 17th 2006More than 90% of directors of college counseling centers in theUnited States and Canada report an increase in the number ofstudents seeking psychiatric or psychological help for severeproblems on campus, according to an annual survey of counselingcenter directors that contains data from 366 campus counselingcenters. The survey findings offered a great deal of insight intohow, and why, students use the services of counseling centers.