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Welcome to the MERLOT Health Sciences Portal, an educational resource for health professionals. You are invited to join MERLOT―it's free―and contribute to this growing community of health professionals, health professional educators, and students by using the learning materials, submitting your own modules and assignments for evaluation, and learning ideas to help you learn as well as teach in a variety of settings.

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This overview and information is for health care professionals and students to understand and value the upcoming technology and medical advances related to genomics. It can be used in the classroom as a Powerpoint Presentation or assigned to students or health care staff for self-study.

Genetics and Genomics in Health Care in MERLOT

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Inappropriate Medical Abbreviations - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
This paper provides an indept look at issues associated with the use of medical abbreviations and clinical evidence of...
Vitamin C for Sepsis Treatment
Hydrocortisone, Vitamin C, and Thiamine for the Treatment of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock A Retrospective Before-After...
Cardiac Lab Interpretation (Troponin, CK, CK-MB, and BNP)
it is essential that nurses be able to interpret cardiac labs - it could literally be the difference between life and...
Learning Nurse Resources Network
Learning Nurse Resource Network is about in informal nurse learning, continuing education and professional development.
Short-Term Effects of Kefir-Fermented Milk Consumption on Bone Mineral Density and Bone Metabolism in a Randomized Clinical Trial of Osteoporotic Patients
Milk products are good sources of calcium that may reduce bone resorption and help prevent bone loss as well as promote...
UWorld - #1 Test Prep for USMLE, ABIM, ABFM, NCLEX, SAT, ACT & MCAT
UWorld Test Prep offers test preparation, practice tests and assessments for more than 1 million users who are preparing...
Society of Pediatric Nurses : Webinars
The Society of Pediatric Nurses offers webinars for free contact hours. Membership to the SPN is required, but you can...
Breastfeeding Progression in Preterm Infants Is Influenced by Factors in Infants, Mothers and Clinical Practice: The Results of a National Cohort Study with High Breastfeeding Initiation Rates
Many preterm infants are not capable of exclusive breastfeeding from birth. To guide mothers in breastfeeding, it is...
RegisteredNurseRN
RegisteredNurseRN.com provides FREE NCLEX reviews, skills, school tips, & career help for students and nurses.
Delirium: Prevent, Identify, Treat
The American Nurses Association and the American Delirium Society are teaming up to empower frontline nurses to prevent...
SGNA | Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates, Inc. > Practice > Standards and Position Statements
SGNA (Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates) nursing standards of practice
Herpes & Pregnancy | American Sexual Health Association
If a woman with genital herpes has virus present in the birth canal during delivery, herpes simplex virus (HSV) can be...
Alteplase Injection for Acute Ischemic Stroke
Lippincott Nursing Pocket Card
Lab Values Podcast | NRSNG
Podcast audio files that explain various lab values, the action of the lab in question within the body, range of normal...
Medications Rounds
An online simulation game that requires you to administer the right medications to each patient.
Pharmacology Terms Game
Online, interactive game aimed to enhance knowledge about pharmacology terms, administration vocabulary, and monitoring...
Parkinson's: Study reveals how cancer drug reduces toxic protein in brain
An analysis of trial results reveals the mechanism through which the cancer drug nilotinib increases brain dopamine in...
Telehealth nursing: More than just a phone call
Answering healthcare questions over the phone is not a new concept. Dating back to the 1970s, office nurses have...
Planned home compared with planned hospital births: mode of delivery and Perinatal mortality rates, an observational study
This article is known to compare the mode of delivery between planned home versus planned hospital births and to...
Online ICU Guidebook_College of Medicine at Chicago
The purpose of this website is to provide residents with quick online access to information that will help during your...
Code Blue - ER - The Right Stuff - 4 of 4
Code Blue ER scenarios are written and directed by Daniel Davis, MD, Clinical Professor, MEDICAL SCHOOL/EMERGENCY...
Nursing Kamp
The Nurses Notes on NCLEX
NRSNG Podcast
NRSNG podcast is a easy, free way to study for the NCLEX via smartphone, so it's accessible anytime and anywhere! Great...
Home Birth Vs Hospital Birth
This paper discussess the pros and cons to hospital and home births as well as discovers the ethical issues that arrise...

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Physician groups call for taxes on sugary drinks
Mar 25, 2019 08:26 AM UTC
Physician groups call for taxes and regulations on kids' access to sugary drinks
Mar 25, 2019 08:15 AM UTC
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Mar 25, 2019 08:03 AM UTC
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Mar 25, 2019 06:56 AM UTC
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Mar 25, 2019 06:00 AM UTC
Therapy at WU: Why is it so difficult?
Mar 25, 2019 05:15 AM UTC
New therapy to treat 'tennis elbow' without surgery
Mar 25, 2019 04:41 AM UTC
Pediatricians Urged To Coordinate Therapy For Kids With Disabilities
Mar 25, 2019 04:07 AM UTC
Canine care: Therapy dog program launches at O'Bleness Hospital
Mar 25, 2019 02:37 AM UTC
Zacks: Analysts Expect Community Health Systems (CYH) Will Post Quarterly Sales of $3.32 Billion
Mar 25, 2019 02:26 AM UTC
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Mar 25, 2019 02:15 AM UTC
'Paddington' Star Ben Whishaw Had Therapy To Deal With His Sexuality
Mar 25, 2019 02:03 AM UTC
Thermo Fisher forges $1.7 billion deal to buy a contract player in the booming gene therapy field
Mar 25, 2019 01:30 AM UTC
Insurers' 'fail first' model reformed
Mar 25, 2019 01:07 AM UTC

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