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healthcare providers in 2011.
—Lynn A. Kelso, MSN, APRN,
FCCM, FAANP, in the February 2012
issue of ADVANCE for NPs & PAs.
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Surgical Infection
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Surgical site infections affect 750,000
U.S. patients every year.
—Robert M. Blumm, MA, PA-C,
DFAAPA, in the February 2012 issue
of ADVANCE for NPs & PAs.
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in the October 2011 issue
of ADVANCE for NPs & PAs.
Celebrating NPs
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In 2011, approximately 150,000 NPs
were in practice in the United States,
according to the American Academy of
Nurse Practitioners.
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PACIFIC —Ashlea McLeod, MPAS, PA-C,
and Colleen Clemency Cordes, PhD,
PACIFIC
in the June 2011 issue of
PACIFIC ADVANCE for NPs & PAs.
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Inflammatory
Breast Cancer
Julie A. Nelson, DNP, RNC-OB, WHNP-BC,
Deepa Patel, BSN, CCRN, ANP-S, and
Peggy Mancuso, PhD, RN, CNM, listed
redness and color change, swelling,
induration or ridges, skin thickening,
heaviness or fullness in breast, sensation
of heat in breast, palpable lymph
nodes, sudden increase in breast size,
little or no response to antibiotic treatment,
and rapid progression of symptoms
as key clinical features of inflammatory
breast cancer in the October
2011 issue of ADVANCE for NPs & PAs.
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