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PTSD and Suicide

New from Medscape, a CE offering based on an article from the March 2009 issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Heightens Suicide Risk provides .25 AMA PRA Category 1 credits for physicians, free of charge. It doesn’t look like there are nursing CEs attached to this one, though.

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Articles of Note: April Edition

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Time once again for a run down of some of the new and noteworthy articles in the current literature. Most of these are from the April/May issues, although I have included a couple March publications that missed me on the 1st pass. As always, please keep in mind this in no way a comprehensive list; simply items that have caught my attention from a selection of peer-reviewed journals. All links lead to abstracts; from there you can choose what’s worth a.) paying for; b.) a pilgrimage to your nearest medical library;  or c.) downloading via the full-text access you possibly have at your disposal.

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Drugs (lots and lots of drugs)

If you’re feeling woefully uninformed when it comes to the clinical presentation of drugs of abuse, rn.com has a host of online CE courses on the subject. Most of them are $5 and provide 1 CEU after reading the materials and completing the corresponding posttests.

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Ultimate Educator

Okay, this isn’t online education information; it’s online educator information and it’s probably about time we got around to this. Because in this economy, not only are more and more of you coming to visit me on a regular basis, you’re also contemplating (or actually implementing) your own trainings. So allow me to point you toward a helpful resource.

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Weekend Extra: Workplace Violence

This weekend has been yet another sad reminder of the epidemic of workplace violence. It’s obviously not a new phenomenon, but right now it seems to be happening with frightening frequency. The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) actually has a tool for hospitals (cleverly known as the Hospital eTool) that addresses a wide variety of hazards in the workplace, such as blood-borne pathogens and medical lasers(!). There’s also a section on workplace violence.

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Language Lessons

I’ve posted a bit in the past about learning the languages of our patients, since using translators can present a host of challenges. Just learning some basic terms can help create relationships with our non-English speaking patients, even if translation is still necessary. Open Culture has a list of free, online language lessons available, and the variety is impressive. Be sure to scroll through the comments, as well, where readers have added sites of their own.

(Open Culture, via Lifehacker)

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Weekly Wrap-Up @ the Sustainability Blog

This week, over at the Sustainability blog:

Enjoy your weekend everyone!

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Blast Injuries & Mass Casualties

Since I loaded you with posts yesterday (and according to my stats page A LOT of you are working your way through the cervical images today–wow, people), a nice bite-sized podcast to have with your morning latte. The CDC, always a reliable source for content, has a podcast on Blast Injuries: What Clinicians Need to Know. It clocks in at under 3 minutes–barely enough time to set the speed and incline on your treadmill. However, if this brief audio isn’t enough to satisfy your need for info on the subject…

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Hello, Australia…

In honor of our 5,000th hit (which for a little niche blog like mine that hasn’t quite been around for 3 months, is something) I added a world map widget to the bottom of the page yesterday. Just to see where readers are visiting from (the one thing my stats page can’t tell me). And while the widget doesn’t seem to be keeping pace with the site (it’s reporting 36 hits since yesterday and we actually have more than 10x that figure), it’s fun to see that we have friends in the UK, Canada and Australia thus far.

Thanks for reading, everyone.

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NIJ Journal: Human Trafficking

The current issue of the NIJ Journal is now available, featuring articles on human trafficking, post-conviction DNA testing and critical incidents in schools (at least those were the highlights for me). You can download the full journal here (PDF). The complete TOC includes:

  • Sex Trafficking: Identifying Cases and Victims: Robert Moossy, J.D.
  • Drugs, Race and Common Ground: Reflections on the High Point Intervention: David Kennedy
  • Postconviction DNA Testing Is at Core of Major NIJ Initiatives: Nancy Ritter
  • Sleep Deprivation: What Does It Mean for Public Safety Officers? Bryan Vila, Ph.D.
  • Protecting America’s Ports: Bruce Taylor, Ph.D., and Pat Kaufman
  • Using Technology to Make Prisons and Jails Safer: Philip Bulman
  • Preventing, Preparing for Critical Incidents in Schools: Beth Schuster
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Sexual Assault Awareness Month

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The NSVRC has a variety of resources related to SAAM, all of which can be found on the dedicated pages of their site. This year’s theme is preventing sexual violence in our workplaces; view the current campaign here, including info about the SAAM Day of Action, April 8th.

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Cervical Photos

Last week, in a comment about the STI Clinical Guide,  I was asked about cervical images unrelated to STIs. Having searched a bit, I found a few sites that provide images to review. One of the best was over at the Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research.

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Child Abuse Prevention Month

April is also National Child Abuse Prevention Month. You can find a full compliment of information over at the Child Welfare Information Gateway. Check out this year’s resource guide and related materials here.

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…And Genocide Prevention Month

By way of The Hub, April is also Genocide Prevention Month.

I think that’s all of them, now.

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Prison Rape

Yesterday, Tell Me More did a segment on prison rape. Judge Reggie B. Walton is Chairman of the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission and was one of 3 featured guests on the program. His remarks alone make it worth listening to the 17 minute segment.

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Cyberbullying

HRSA‘s Maternal and Child Health Bureau is hosting a free webinar on cyberbullying April 22nd at 3pm ET. It’s scheduled to last 90 minutes and will feature information on prevention and response to cyberbullying, including legal and policy issues. Pre-registration is required.

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Intersection of DV & Child Victimization

The Institute for Family Violence Studies at the Florida State University College of Social Work put together an online tutorial on DV and child victimization. The Intersection of Domestic Violence and Child Victimization: Understanding the Issues, Developing a Coordinated Community Response was created for domestic violence advocates and their communities, so although it isn’t healthcare specific, there’s a good amount of relevant information here.

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Motor Vehicle Crashes

Nursingceu.com has a CE offering on motor vehicle crashes. It’s the standard article-posttest format and will net you 2 CEUs (at a cost of $18). It caught my eye because it has a section on assessing the scene, which might appeal to some of you.

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An FHO Extra: Plan B & the FDA in Fed Court

I’m a bit late to this story, but last week a federal court judge ordered the FDA to make Plan B available to 17 year olds without a prescription within the next 30 days and consider making it OTC for younger girls, as well. The judge  essentially ruled that the FDA had acted in bad faith and in response to political pressure. You can read the story here, here, or here. Or listen to it here.

(Hat tip to FVPF)

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Weekly Wrap-Up @ the Sustainability Blog

Probably the most important thing that happened over at the Sustainability blog this week was that we got our comments widget fixed (and our 1st conversations have begun)! Also this week:

Next week I’ll be back in the CLE, posting regularly. Enjoy your weekend, everyone!