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Monkeypox: The Basics for Nurses

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In the past, cases of monkeypox only occasionally occurred outside of central and western Africa, where the disease is endemic, and it was virtually always related to travel or to the inappropriate relocation of wild animals. (In Monkeypox is a close relative of smallpox, and the smallpox vaccine also prevents monkeypox infection.

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Genital Examinations and Sexual Health for Vulnerable Communities

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Read other CPD articles here Introduction Cara is a Nurse Practitioner with a speciality area of practice in Sexual & Reproductive Health. What is sexual and reproductive health nursing ? For me, S&RH nursing is broad and includes working with people from puberty through to older age. Below is the abridged version.

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Stigma-Free Care for Monkeypox: What Nurses Need To Know

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Brian Thomas, RN, CCRN, a travel nurse working at a neuro intensive care unit in Los Angeles, was diagnosed with monkeypox in late June and said it was “pretty horrible.”. He said while his case of monkeypox cleared in two weeks, he has mild scarring and lingering anal-rectal tract discomfort months later. Brian Thomas, RN. “I

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The Monkeypox Vaccine: What Nurses Need to Know

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Colorized transmission electron micrograph of monkeypox particles (red) found within an infected cell, cultured in the laboratory. In the current monkeypox outbreak, the pandemic-strained U.S. Here’s what nurses need to know. Here’s what nurses need to know. Credit: NIAID. Wikimedia Commons).

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Day In The Life Of A Sexual & Reproductive Health Nurse

The Nurse Break

Introduction Cara is a Nurse Practitioner with a speciality area of practice in Sexual & Reproductive Health. For me, S&RH nursing is broad and includes working with people from puberty through to older age.

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What We Now Know About COVID Prevention and Treatment: A Podcast with Monica Gandhi

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We are two and a half years into the COVID pandemic. We’ve lived through lockdowns, toilet paper shortages, mask mandates, hospital surges where ICU’s overflowed, a million COVID deaths, prolonged school closures, development and roll out of novel vaccines, an explosion of social isolation and loneliness, and the invention of the “zoom meeting.” .

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