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Heather Chambers on “Why I Love ID”
Heather Chambers, DNP, APRN-NP on “Why I Love ID” “I love ID because of the challenge of finding the answers to complex problems and in turn making patients feel better. No day is ever the same which makes it interesting. It is extremely satisfying when the pieces of the puzzle come together and the patient improves. […]
Jun 19, 2017
UNMC Infectious Diseases Fellowship – Why YOU should apply!
Fellowship application season is nearing and as the Program Director for our ID fellowship, I wanted to highlight a few of the great things about our program. Our fellows have a robust clinical experience that includes not only the typically complex patients seen at a tertiary referral center, but also includes extensive experience caring for […]
Jun 16, 2017
Kim Meyer, MS, PA-C on “Why I Love ID” “I enjoy the detective work of infectious disease to help solve a variety of challenging patient problems, and the ability to select from a handful of specifically targeted medications to make to make a noticeable difference in someone’s life.” See more about the UNMC ID Division […]
Jun 12, 2017
Dr. Andrea Green on “Why I Love ID”
Dr. Andrea Green on “Why I Love ID” Let me count the ways! I like that we are not limited to just one organ system. I like investigating difficult cases and solidifying a diagnosis. I like that we can treat and for the most part, cure patients of their infections. I like guiding other clinicians with appropriate anti-infective […]
Jun 5, 2017
Dr. Guzman – UNMC ID Fellowship Graduate – on “Why UNMC ID?”
Dr. Luis Guzman on “Why I Love ID” and “Why UNMC ID?” Infectious Diseases keeps many clinical skills in practice. Any single detail of patient’s life could be crucial to discovering the diagnosis. Some of the most challenging diagnoses are infectious diseases. There is always a bug to catch and learn about, therefore visits to the […]
May 29, 2017
Nichole Regan on “Why I Love ID”
Nichole Regan, APRN, NP-C on “Why I Love ID” “I love ID because each patient is a blend of history, exam, laboratory and other results, tied to a very personal human story. We have algorithms to guide us, and cutting-edge research to challenge us to do better. The ID team at Nebraska Medicine is the […]
May 22, 2017
Ebola Case Confirmed – Are you Ready? National Ebola Training and Education Center
Earlier this Month, WHO confirmed a case of Ebola related death in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Although there is not a known widespread outbreak, such confirmations raise questions of preparedness. Are you ready if there is another outbreak of Ebola or another highly contagious infectious disease? If you are not prepared, or unsure, […]
May 19, 2017
Dr. Hankins on “Why UNMC ID” When I started residency I had no idea what I wanted to do afterwards. Soon I realized as an intern that every patient I saw in which we were treating for an infection, suddenly became the patients I was most interested in. I was amazed at how quickly patient’s […]
May 15, 2017
ID Journal Club on HPV Vaccination
What Are You Reading? At the last Infectious Diseases Journal Club, I reviewed “Quadrivalent HPV Vaccination and the Risk of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes”, a comprehensive review published in the March 30th, 2017 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine that examined adverse pregnancy outcomes between women who received the quadrivalent HPV vaccine during pregnancy and […]
May 12, 2017
Infection Prevention and Healthcare Associated Infections
It is difficult to overstate the importance of healthcare associated infections (HAI). Approximately 4% of patients who enter hospitals in the United States develop an infection related to their hospital care. Although 4% may not sound like a big number, when you multiply 4% by the tens of millions of admissions to U.S. hospitals, it […]
May 8, 2017
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