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Stress, Burnout, Quitting May Increase in Coming Years
Nurses, physicians, and others who work in reproductive healthcare are under increasing stress and pressure since states began to enforce abortion laws that range from total bans to restrictions on most abortion care. The authors of a recent study found that abortion providers are burdened and affected emotionally when they help people who are turned away from abortion care in their own communities or state.
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Patients Face Barriers to Permanent Contraception
For people who want a permanent contraception method, both tubal surgery and vasectomy are safe, highly effective, and result in a quick recovery. The chief obstacles are insurance restrictions, finding a clinician who can do the procedure, securing an operating room, religious hospitals’ policies, and inconvenience to patients.
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Base Permanent Contraception Counseling on Patients’ Preferences
Increasingly, reproductive health providers are meeting with patients who are interested in a permanent contraceptive method. Roadblocks to these procedures include a patient’s personal concerns about the procedure or future regret, as well as insurance/cost concerns, and clinicians who turn them down because they are too young or have no or too few children.
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Permanent Contraception Options More Appealing After Abortion Ruling
The results of recent studies and reports revealed a spike in people seeking permanent contraception procedures in the United States. This trend may be the result of the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, which said there was no constitutional right to abortion care.
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New Research Suggests Treating Traumatic Brain Injury as a Chronic Illness
The road to recovery might be longer than initially thought.
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Anesthesiologists Call on Patients to Stop Taking Trendy Drug Before Surgery
Patients using a popular type 2 diabetes medication to lose weight might experience complications during elective procedures.
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USPSTF Recommends Screening for Anxiety
The group suggests including all patients younger than age 65 years, calls for more study of screening older patients.
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AAP Advocates Placing Outpatient Pharmacies in Emergency Departments
The pediatrics group suggests this around-the-clock service would ensure more patients fill vital prescriptions.
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TJC Healthcare Equity Certification Launches July 1
The accrediting organization joins the industry’s push to provide more equitable treatment and services.
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Complications of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in the Emergency Department Setting
It is critical for providers in emergency department settings to be aware of the risks associated with implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) placement and management of ICD malfunctions and complications.