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Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest by Physicians Creating the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: Bad Faith or Incompetence?

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In November 2003, the Orlando Sentinel published a series of articles on OxyContin, exemplifying the media’s moral panic about opioids (12). Although this reduced Washington state’s Medicaid costs, it contributed “to the deaths of at least 2,173 people between 2003 and late 2011 (23, 25).” Orlando Sentinel, October 19, 2003.

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Community Education Crucial to Improving Hospice Access Among Unhoused Populations

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“Our primary partnerships were with homeless navigators within the hospital setting, directors of case management locally, and then our VA partners both in Long Beach and in west Los Angeles,” Snodgrass said at the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) Annual Assembly.

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These Nursing Associations Connect You to Fellow Pros and Valuable Resources

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National American Arab Nurses Association (NAANA). Created in 2003, NAANA serves as a voice, network and resource for Arab American men and women in their pursuit of employment and advancement within the nursing profession. Palliative Care. Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA). n-aana.org.

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100 Men in Nursing – amazing male nurses, midwives and students

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Yes, it is a female-dominated workforce but don’t be discouraged, if you are thinking about it, do it, nursing is for you. Andrew | Nurse Manager and Director of Nursing & Midwifery. I have been an RN since 2003. I have been an Emergency Nurse since 2005. I live by this as a nurse and parent.

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