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Earn CME at the Beach!

Winter still has many of us in its grips, with February’s and March’s chilly temps and grey skies making many of us dream of sun and surf. Make your dreams come true – and earn continuing medical education (CME) credits while you’re at it – with Skin,

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Nine CME Conferences in 2024

The new year is here – don’t let the months slip away before scheduling your needed CME for 2024! At Skin, Bones, Hearts & Private Parts – a leading provider of fully accredited online CME and in-person CME conferences – our full slate of nine CME conferences

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Earning CME for Nurse Practitioners | Skin Bones CME

CME for Nurse Practitioners – Earning Hours and Having Fun with Skin, Bones, Hearts & Private Parts!   

Earning continuing medical education (CME) hours is an integral part of being a Nurse Practitioner (NP), with most state licensing boards requiring around 30 hours of CME and member organizations such as the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) requiring additional hours on top of what the NP’s respective

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Earn CME – and Love Doing It!

If you’re a nurse practitioner (NP), Physician Assistant (PA), or Physician, earning continuing medical education (CME) credit hours is a fact of your professional life. But that doesn’t mean it needs to be a chore! At Skin, Bones, Hearts & Private Parts – a leading provider of online

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When you can’t help your patients: referring to others to address their issues

Seeking Second Opinions – Beneficial for Patients and Medical Teams Maybe you’re the patient or on the medical team. Either way, referrals to a specialist are common, particularly when it becomes clear that the compliant patient isn’t improving despite following current clinical practice guidelines. At Skin, Bones,

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OOOH, My Aching Back!

What’s that, you say, gymnastics athletes only injure their wrists or ankles? Well, slap my face and call me Mary Lou Reton have I got some news for you. Did you know that low back pain injuries occur in as many as 10-15% of all athletes at

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Ovarian & Uterine Cancer

Ovarian Cancer In 2023 in the United States, ovarian cancer will cause an estimated 19,710 new cases and 13,270 deaths. Although the numbers are declining, this is still staggering. Ovarian cancer is a rare disease, with carcinomas comprising approximately 90% of tumors and germ cell and stromal

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How To Eat An Elephant

Recently, a student following me at our clinic remarked on how quickly I could move through patients during the day. “You see about 60 people daily, and while it doesn’t seem like you are rushing them through, I don’t think I could ever do that. I am

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CME in the City!

Skin, Bones, Hearts & Private Parts’ CME Conferences are legendary, with attendees knowing they’re getting top-notch healthcare education and a front-row seat for some of the best speakers in the nation. And, with every conference offered at destination locations, our attendees can sneak in some rest and

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Magic Glove Syndrome

Abracadabra! You can now transcend the risk of all contamination with the use of magical gloves!   During the peak of the COVID pandemic, it wasn’t uncommon for me to see individuals walking around my neighborhood grocery store wearing disposable gloves. Fear fed this behavior. Customers would place

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What’s in a Name?

Adalimumab? Brodalumab? Abrocitinib? Have you ever wondered: is there an easy way to remember not only what class each drug belongs to, but also how to pronounce these generic names? I must admit, I commonly slaughter the generic names of biologic drugs. I usually add a vowel,

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Where Did My Drill Bit Go?

For millions of Americans, going to the dentist is something we do twice a year. However, ingestion or inhalation of dental instruments during procedures can have significant complications, such as damage to the GI tract, pneumonia, respiratory distress, sepsis, and even peritonitis. Obviously, much of the above

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Evolution of Pain Management – Biomedical Model → Biopsychosocial Model → Teams’ Model 

Where We Began – The Biomedical Model  For more than a century, the biomedical model — derived from Louis Pasteur’s germ theory of disease — has been the dominant force in Western medicine. Postulating that all disease is a product of a biologic defect (Conti, 2018).  The

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The Original Pandemic: STIs

The world has been engulfed in the Covid pandemic: wearing mask, washing hands, social distancing, and getting vaccines. Instance rates have been openly discussed, posted on news headlines, and made its way in political agendas. All the while, a greater pandemic is silently existing year after year.  

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CME in the Sand!

At Skin, Bones, Hearts & Private Parts, we’ve made a name for ourselves as the top provider of CME with a twist: Our In-person CME Conferences are always in destination locations, allowing our attendees to earn CME while refreshing and relaxing! Cynthia Griffith, MPAS, PA-C, a frequent speaker covering

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Touch Down

Who’s ready for some football? Well, the season has almost come to an end. But, there is one big game that nearly all of America will be watching. Those who provide care to patients are concerned about the three most common injuries in American football. The three

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Anti-depressants for Chronic Pain?!

Did you know that a type of anti-depressant medication might help your patients with chronic pain as well?  Serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, or SNRIs for short, are a class of prescription strength medications that were originally created to treat depression and related ailments.  They are effective for major depression, social

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Psoriasis: Part 2 of 2 Lesser known comorbidities associated with Psoriasis  

Psoriasis Psoriasis is a common chronic inflammatory disease of the skin that is increasingly being recognized as a systemic inflammatory disorder. There are many considerations a provider must take into consideration when treating patients with psoriasis including a number of previously unrecognized comorbidities.   Psoriasis, particularly severe disease,

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2022 Women’s Health Guidelines Update, Hot Off the Press!  

Women’s health evidenced-based guidelines are updated frequently by various national organizations, and it can be challenging for a busy clinician to remain current. Women’s Health Guidelines include such topics as STIs, Contraception, Cervical Cancer Screening, Breast Cancer Screening and Osteoporosis Screening.  In 2021 the CDC updated their

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Severe Hypoglycemia Treatment has Changed. Help People with Diabetes have a Safer Rescue

Hypoglycemia definitions have been updated in the past few years.  The American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), based on the international hypoglycemia study group have advised:  The companies have co-pay cards for reducing out of pocket for PWD with

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How To (Easily) Earn CME

If you’re a nurse practitioner (NP), Physician Assistant (PA), or Physician looking to earn continuing medical education (CME) credits, you’ve come to the right place. Skin, Bones, Hearts & Private Parts (SBHPP) is the fastest-growing, leading provider of comprehensive, evidence-based, affordable CME medical conferences. And, with all

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Right, Left, Who Can Tell?

Your patient with chronic heart failure had a 12-Lead EKG done as part of the initial evaluation to your clinic. You note the heart rate (80 beats/minute), rhythm (regular), and intervals (all within normal limits except for a wide QRS complex (> 120 ms).  You remember the

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Hot Off the Press: 2022 Heart Failure Practice Guideline Update 

Heart Failure Heart failure remains a significant cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the United States. On April 1st 2022, the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association/Heart Failure Society of America released the “2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure” replacing  the “2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA

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PCOS – Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Understanding PCOS PCOS is common (affecting up to 10% of women), complex, and more severe than ever! Recent research has linked this condition of androgen excess to many potential risks and complications, including various cancers, cardiometabolic risks, mental health challenges, and ObGyn complications. Recent research has also

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In-Flight Medical Emergencies

Air Travel & Medical Aid With the pandemic beginning to wain in some areas, travel is on people’s minds again. While not at pre-COVID levels, air travel continues to increase as more people travel for business, pleasure, and medical tourism. Inevitably, nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants

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Depression & Mental Health

Anxious Depression I’ve often marveled at the human tendency to believe somehow that, at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve, there will be some sudden and fundamental shift in the fabric of the universe. What I mean by that is – our hope and belief

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Psychotropic Medication Emergencies

Serotonin Syndrome versus Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome    With an estimated 1 in 6 individuals in the US taking at least one psychotropic medication, prescribers will need to be aware of the potential side effects ranging from mild to life-threatening. The most prescribed psychotropic medications are antidepressants, followed by

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Nursemaid’s Elbow

A nursemaid’s elbow is a common name for a radial head subluxation. This injury has also been termed elbow subluxation, pulled elbow, or slipped elbow. All of these describe a sudden pull of a pronated arm leading to the displacement of the annular ligament.1   Who? How?   Radial

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