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PANS and PANDAS: Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome or Disorders Associated with Streptococcal

jocelyn — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 12:58:50 +0000

PANS and PANDAS are two relatively uncommon and not well-known syndromes that occur in children… PANDAS stands for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcus. Quite a mouthful! What it represents is disorders that onset after a strep infection causes an autoimmune response that causes neuropsychiatric signs and symptoms. Most often, this condition will be...

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Nursing Leadership Essay: Emotional intelligence and competency

jocelyn — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 20:26:33 +0000

Emotions: Not Obsolete In the Workplace Emotions: Not Obsolete In the Workplace A product of the industrial era, traditional leadership styles still reign dominant within healthcare systems answering to systemic pressures, rather than ensuring best patient health outcomes (Weberg, 2012). A consistent finding in current nursing literature is the importance of emotional competency...

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World Cerebral Palsy Day

Jocelyn, RN, BScN — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 06:00:00 +0000

World Cerebral Palsy Day is October 6th! Let’s learn a little about these disorders and how we can identify and better understand the disorder. Cerebral palsy is also referred to simply as CP, is a group of disorders that can interfere with a person’s ability to control their movements. This also includes a person’s ability...

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International Day of Non-Violence

Jocelyn, RN, BScN — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 06:00:00 +0000

Proposed by the United Nation, the International Day of Non-Violence is intended to spread awareness through education and discussion around the need for peace over violence. It is celebrated on 2 October, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi is of course a strong name in the Indian independence movement and a philosophical pioneer of non-violent...

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International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Day September 9th

jocelyn — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 05:36:36 +0000

For last year’s International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Day, we went into a lot of details exploring Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and the differences between FASD and FAS. This year, we will focus on encouraging each other to talk about alcohol consumption in pregnancy and the importance of allowing ourselves to heal from traumas...

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Outdated Essay: Rhetorical Analysis of High frequency of false positive IgM immunoblots for Borrelia burgdorferi in clinical practice

jocelyn — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 22:00:36 +0000

Original date: March 1, 2014 Rhetorical Analysis of Seriburi, Ndukwe, Chang, Cox, and Wormser’s Article DISTORTED DIAGNOSIS IN CLINICAL PRACTICE Analysis of Seriburi, Ndukwe, Chang, Cox, and Wormser’s Article Published in 2012, the article “High frequency of false positive IgM immunoblots for Borrelia burgdorferi in Clinical Practice” was authored by a handful of reputable doctors...

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Sharing Another’s Journey: Peter’s Stroke Journey

jocelyn — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 20:06:34 +0000

Peter had a stroke in March of 2018, just 6 months after he had retired. Over the last 4 years, The then 59-year-old has taken his readers along his journey to find his new normal. He experienced a stroke while gardening and being of a nursing background, he knew exactly what had taken place when...

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Reddit Review: Piercing leaking yellow and is hot to touch… (Keep the earring in if infected?)

jocelyn — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 19:10:46 +0000

Today’s episode of “Reddit Review,” we take a look at a very sore looking piercing and try to answer a common question that comes up regarding piercings, “should I remove jewelry from an infected piercing?” What should you do if your piercing becomes heavily inflamed or infected? to leave the jewelry in the infected piercing;...

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Sharing Another’s Journey: People Spotlight on The Tracinator

jocelyn — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 19:51:04 +0000

I love it when people are bold enough to share their journey through life’s challenges. That is one of the reasons why I wanted to start a podcast — to showcase how everyone’s health and healing journey is different and how one size does not fit all. Another reason is because it is so important...

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Over the Counter Medication for Parasites: ParaGONE

jocelyn — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 06:00:25 +0000

Every so often, I will come across an item that gets my curiosity going. In this article, I hope to conclude whether or not this anti-parasite medicationby Renew Life is a legitimate product or something that should be avoided. This is not a scientific paper, so what I present here is my interpreted understanding of...

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