Healthcare
10 Ways Mental Health Can Affect Relationships: What Marriage Counselors Should Know
Awareness and understanding of mental health conditions has grown in recent years; accelerated further during the pandemic. These issues can have a dramatic impact on a person’s life. Everything from mundane daily tasks to important life goals can be made so much more difficult by mental health issues. But perhaps the biggest issues can emerge…
Read MoreContinuing Education Round-up for Nurse Practitioners
Nurse practitioners are required to complete 50 hours of continuing education credits every year to maintain their licenses. The good news is that there are plenty of opportunities to obtain these hours, both in person and virtually today, providing excellent opportunities to stay on top of the latest technologies, practices and developments in the field.…
Read More6 Major Mental Health Challenges for Today’s Students
As social expectations shift and the pressure to succeed mounts, college students often experience mental and emotional challenges. School counselors today have many more students in their care than they did just a few years ago, with more complex issues than the students of 5 or 10 years ago. In college especially, the need for…
Read MoreIn-Demand Nurse Practitioner Specialties for 2022
With the healthcare industry booming, nurse practitioners (NPs) are in an excellent position to not only further their careers but fine-tune them to meet their own talents, interests, skills, and schedules. Six of the most popular specialties for NPs to pursue reflect the changing tide of the healthcare industry, which is focused on consumer-like experiences,…
Read MoreWhy Home Health Care Can Have a Positive Impact on Mental Health
Being house-bound following surgery, an accident, or simply due to advanced aging, can have a very detrimental effect on one’s mental health. This is why home health care is not only essential from a medical perspective but also from a psychological one. Home care workers who come to us for malpractice insurance often share that…
Read MoreWhy Clinical Counselors Need to Care for Their Own Mental Health, Too
Throughout your life as a clinical counselor, you will experience many challenging situations that drain you physically and mentally. For this reason, taking care of your own mental health is crucial. It helps you to do your job better and longer, and it allows you to provide the best service you can. Aside from going…
Read MoreCelebrating Nurse Practitioner Week: Nov. 7-13
Every day, nurse practitioners (NPs) work hard to diagnose, treat, and cure thousands of patients throughout the world. In the second week of November, Nurse Practitioner Week honors the contributions that nurse practitioners bring to the medical field. Many NPs are still restricted from practicing to their full ability, so Nurse Practitioner Week serves as…
Read MoreWhy School Counselors Should Consider Malpractice Insurance
The demand for mental health support has increased dramatically in recent years, particularly among young people. The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly fueled this trend. The demands being placed on school counselors right now are high. While their job is to help others, they must also protect themselves. Like anyone else providing professional psychotherapy support, counselors…
Read MoreFour Common Mistakes Lab Techs Make
Did you ever wonder who was handling the huge influx of COVID-19 diagnostic tests during the pandemic that started in Spring 2020? Professional lab technicians were already busy performing an estimated 13 billion lab tests per year for a host of other illnesses and conditions when the global pandemic began. Although typically in the background…
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