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MNA President’s Message

Dear Maryland Nurses Association Members, Lou J. Bartolo, DNP, MSN, RN As we embrace the start of 2025, I am filled with profound optimism about our organization’s trajectory and the…

Nurse Well-being & Moral Resilience

TALKING WITH THE EXPERT: AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. CYNDA RUSHTON Jihane Frangieh: How do you define moral resilience, and how can it help nurses navigate ethical dilemmas and workplace stress?…

MNA President’s Message

Dear Maryland Nurses Association Members, Lou J. Bartolo, DNP, MSN, RN As we embrace the start of 2025, I am filled with…

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PTSD: Increase screening and treatment

Many nurse practitioners (NPs) provide care in medically underserved areas, some in one of the more than 1,400 free clinics throughout the United States. More patients who access care at free clinics meet the diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) than those who receive care at fee-for-service clinics.

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Cannabis and healthcare: Complicated policies and laws

A physician authorizes medical cannabis for an 18-year-old student who lives in a college dorm in a state where cannabis is legal for recreational use by anyone over 21 and also by minors with guardian approval. However, campus policy prohibits the use and storage of cannabis. College health center staff tell the student that his parents will need to store the cannabis and take him off campus to use it. The student’s family struggles to respond as their child ponders the risk of engaging in activities deemed legal in one context but illegal in another.

Women and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis

Why are new HIV cases still occurring when we have preventive treatment? One reason could be a lack of knowledge and experience among healthcare professionals to discuss, prescribe, and manage PrEP for vulnerable patients. Lack of information and discomfort with prescribing PrEP remain ongoing issues among healthcare professionals in the United States. Healthcare professionals should know how to identify appropriate candidates for PrEP, provide general education, and prescribe necessary preventive treatment.

Empathy in ostomy care

Empathy relies on understanding an experience from another’s perspective. A simulated learning activity such as wearing an ostomy bag for a day,…

Nurse leader rounds plus

Patients’ perceptions of their care may not correlate to the actual quality of care given but rather their beliefs about what they…



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