by RNSAdmin | Apr 16, 2019 | Education, Gout, Psoriatic Arthritis, Rheumatology Nurse Practice
A few months ago, a new patient, SR, came into our office with a long and varied history of rheumatic disease. A 34-year-old Caucasian male with a nearly 20-year history of plaque, scalp, and nail psoriasis, SR was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) a decade...
by RNSAdmin | Apr 10, 2019 | Education, Psoriatic Arthritis, Rheumatology Nurse Practice
The treat-to-target approach to care is a hot topic in medicine and is now widely accepted as a best practice in our patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We read about it in the literature and hear about it at conferences regularly. The evidence in other...
by RNSAdmin | Apr 1, 2019 | Education, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatology Nurse Practice
The majority of patients we see on a day-to-day basis in our rheumatology practices require straightforward decisions and straightforward solutions. But there are always outliers. On a daily basis, it seems like there are always 1 or 2 patients I see who require...
by RNSAdmin | Mar 27, 2019 | Board, Uncategorized
An article by Carrie Beach, BSN, RN-BC The Arthritis Foundation’s 2019 Advocacy Summit is a rigorous two-day conference for people across the country who want to own an important role in the fight against arthritis. The conference consisted of training and learning...
by RNSAdmin | Mar 25, 2019 | Education, Psoriatic Arthritis, Rheumatology Nurse Practice
A very long time ago in my nursing school days, I learned that each kidney has approximately 1 million nephrons comprised of convoluted tubules. Their job is to filter waste products. Although it sometimes may feel like it, we really do not have to traverse 1 million...
