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How to Practice Empathy as a Nurse (and Why You Should)
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Get practical tips for developing empathetic communication skills, building rapport with patients, and enhancing overall health outcomes in healthcare.
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With A Little Help From My Friends: The Importance of Social Support for Healthy Behaviors
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While the pandemic has fragmented many of our social circles, there is great benefit in trying to put those pieces back together, as well as bring new circles of people together remotely! Today’s blog post from Osmosis Health & Wellness Coach, Ishan Dahal, discusses the immense positive impact social support…
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USMLE® Step 1 Question of the Day: Zenker’s Diverticulum
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Each week, Osmosis shares a USMLE® Step 1-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics. Today’s case involves an 80-year-old man. He was hospitalized two weeks ago for pneumonia and now reports difficulty swallowing and regurgitation of undigested food particles. Can you figure out the diagnosis and which…
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NCLEX-RN® Question of the Day: Lactulose for chronic hepatitis
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Today’s NCLEX-RN® question of the day focuses on a patient diagnosed with chronic hepatitis. What lab results best indicate that the treatment—the medication, lactulose— is working? The nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with chronic hepatitis who is receiving the medication lactulose. Which of these laboratory results would indicate the medication…
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How to Become a Nurse: The Osmosis Ultimate Guide
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Discover the essential steps to starting your career in nursing, from understanding nursing roles and program prerequisites to navigating the journey to licensure. Get valuable tips and a wealth of resources to support your career path today in our ultimate guide to becoming a nurse. Getting Started On Your Nursing…
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How to Keep Up With Your Hobbies in Medical School
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Life as a medical student can be tough and pull you into a tiring study routine in which you often forget to do things for yourself. This article discusses why it is important to keep practicing your hobbies and provides a few strategies on how to prioritize YOU. I believe that how…
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USMLE® Step 1 Question of the Day: Factor V Leiden
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Each week, Osmosis shares a USMLE® Step 1-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics. Today’s case involves a 25-year-old woman with breathing difficulties and chest pain. Labs show an elevated d-dimer. Purified protein C is added to the patient’s plasma and causes no change in the lab…
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Nursing Resilience: The Free Online Course for Nurses
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Osmosis recently launched Nursing Resilience, an interactive e-learning course on mental resilience and well-being for nurses with help from #FirstRespondersFirst, and the Johnson & Johnson Foundation. This eight-module online course helps nurses create a foundation of knowledge to help identify, manage, and overcome the effects of stress in their professional lives. From the…
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NCLEX-RN® Question of the Day: Pain at port insertion site
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Today’s NCLEX-RN® question of the day focuses on a patient who feels pain at the insertion site during infusion of a medication. During the infusion of a medication through an implanted port, a client reports pain at the insertion site. Which of these complications should the nurse suspect to be…
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USMLE® Step 1 Question of the Day: Bilateral Pitting Ankle Edema
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Each week, Osmosis shares a USMLE® Step 1-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics. Today’s case involves a 38-year-old woman with pain in the center of her chest. The pain is slightly better when she sits up straight. Physical examination shows conjunctival pallor and bilateral pitting ankle…
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How to Take Notes Faster in Medical School
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Taking notes in medical school can be messy and time-consuming. With so much material to write down and memorize, having a strategy for effective note-taking can make a difference in your performance in medical school.
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USMLE® Step 1 Question of the Day: Homozygous Delta-F508 Deletion
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Prepare for the USMLE® Step 1 exam with today’s question focusing on a 3-year-old boy presenting with symptoms indicative of cystic fibrosis and learn to identify the underlying genetic cause. Strengthen your clinical assessment skills and improve your understanding of managing this common genetic condition!
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USMLE® Step 2 CK Exam Dates: When Can You Take the Second Exam?
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Whether you’re a medical student or a graduate, you probably cannot wait to pass all your exams and finally become a certified physician in the US. You’re almost there, but now you’re up for the second USMLE® challenge: the Step 2 Clinical Knowledge exam. But when can you take it?…
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USMLE® Step 1 Question: Tea-Colored Diarrhea
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Each week, Osmosis shares a USMLE® Step 1-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics. Today’s case involves a 34-year-old woman with tea-colored diarrhea for the last 2 months. She experiences muscle cramps and feels weak. Can you figure it out? A 34-year-old woman comes to the office complaining…
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NCLEX-RN® Question of the Day: Chest pain after venous catheter removal
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A patient experiences chest pain and shortness of breath during catheter removal. What is the nurse’s first priority intervention?
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Breaking Bad News: Using the SPIKES Protocol vs. the BREAKS Protocol
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Learn how to deliver tough medical news to patients using the SPIKES and BREAKS protocols to enhance communication and create better patient outcomes.
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USMLE® Step 1 Question of the Day: Right Leg Pain
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Each week, Osmosis shares a USMLE® Step 1-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics. Today’s case involves a 62-year-old man who comes into the clinic to tell you about a pain in his right leg that comes and goes with activity. When you inspect his leg, you…
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USMLE® Step 1 Question of the Day: Renal Cell Carcinoma
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Each week, Osmosis shares a USMLE® Step 1-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics. Today’s case involves a 60-year-old man with pain in his scrotum. The scrotum appears to be swollen and the man’s vision has become blurrier. Can you figure it out? A 60-year-old male comes…
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NCLEX-RN® Question of the Day: Obstructive sleep apnea
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Today’s NCLEX-RN® question of the day focuses on the postoperative assessment of a client with obstructive sleep apnea. What should a nurse keep an eye on? During the postoperative assessment of a client with a history of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), which assessment finding should cause the nurse the most…
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USMLE® Step 2 CS and COMLEX-USA® Level 2-PE Canceled: What This Means For US Medical Students, IMGs, and Institutions
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Some medical students are breathing a sigh of relief that they have one less exam to study for: the United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) exam. The USMLE Step 2 CS canceled news comes about eight months after the exam was initially suspended amidst the…
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My Non-Traditional Journey Into a Top-100 Ranked Medical School
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Can a self-proclaimed “poor-performing” student still do well in a top-100 ranked medical school? Yes! That is, if you “seize opportunities rather than being afraid of failure” like fourth-year medical student Anthony Mompiere. He shares why rejections aren’t the end of the world, and why pushing past them can actually…
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USMLE® Step 1 Question of the Day: Spasms and Syncope
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For today’s USMLE® Step 1-style question, we examine the case of a woman who is brought into the ER by her partner after experiencing a sudden episode of jerky movements and loss of consciousness. A 23-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department by her partner due to an episode…
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How to Develop Your Emotional Intelligence as a Health Professional
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Emotional intelligence may have once sounded like an odd term, but it’s an absolutely crucial skill to improve, especially in the medical field. Managing your emotional intelligence will help you control and properly express your emotions during high-pressure situations. Learn how to hone your emotional intelligence with these tips from…
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USMLE® Step 1 Question of the Day: Abdominal Pain
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Each week, Osmosis shares a USMLE® Step 1-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics and help you prepare for the boards. Today’s case involves an 8-year-old girl who’s experiencing abdominal pain, fever, nausea, and vomiting. Can you figure out the cause? An 8-year-old girl is brought to…
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NCLEX-RN® Question of the Day: CPAP masks
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Today’s NCLEX-RN® question of the day presents a scenario where an RN is observing a student nurse as they provide oral care to a client. The client wears a CPAP mask to protect against sleep apnea. During the observation, the RN notices the student nurse making an error. Can you…
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USMLE® Step 1 Question of the Day: Signs of End Organ Damage
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Each week, Osmosis shares a USMLE® Step 1-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics and help you prepare for the boards. Today’s case involves a 64-year-old woman who’s experiencing headaches, vision disturbances, and reduced urine output. Can you figure out what the diagnosis could be? A 64-year-old…
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How to Cope With A Patient’s Death in Medical School
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Patient care in medical school involves the two sides of a coin: recovery or deterioration of the patient’s health. Many medical students may not be fully prepared for the impact of losing a patient. Join Joy Muli, a medical student and Osmosis Medical Education Fellow, as she shares how to…
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Being a Medical Student When Disaster Strikes
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Pandemics, protests, fires, and explosions were among the many catastrophes we faced in 2020. In this article, OMEF George Katoul al Rahbani dives deeper into the role of the medical student in the middle of all these crises, giving a personal account of what life has been like for him…
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USMLE® Step 1 Question of the Day: Neural Tube Defects
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Each week, Osmosis shares a USMLE® Step 1-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics. Today’s case involves a two-hour-old baby who was born with a defect and can’t move his lower extremities. The mother is worried and wants to know if this could occur again if she…
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NCLEX-RN® Question of the Day: Apgar scores
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Today’s NCLEX-RN® question of the day focuses on the Apgar score, a numerical measurement used to quantify the overall health of a newborn baby. How would you explain the Apgar score to a client? A nurse tells the parents of a newborn, “Your baby’s Apgar scores were 9 and 10.”…
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Osmosis: An Organization With Ubuntu
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Medical students are faced with multiple challenges while attending medical school, one of them being the plethora of resources and which one to choose. Today on the blog, OHLI, Nichole Anderez shares how Osmosis—”an education platform with Ubuntu”—made it easier for her to feel truly connected to her studies. As…
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How to Prepare for and Pass USMLE® Step 2 CK as an IMG
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With USMLE® Step 1 becoming pass/fail and USMLE Step 2 CS on hiatus, there’s a greater need for International Medical Graduates who wish to practice medicine in the US to do well on the USMLE Step 2 CK exam. In today’s blog, Osmosis Medical Education Fellow and Regional Lead, Santiago…
