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Pedi Corner

A young mom is excited that she’s traveling to Nigeria with her 6 month old son so she brought him to your clinic inquiring of what immunizations you can give the child to protect him. She tells you that he’s current with all his childhood immunizations. What immunizations/medicines will this child need if any to […]

Endocrine Corner

A 28 year old married female GO with a complaint of alopecia, weight gain, fatigue, cold intolerance, constipation and oligomenorrhea report that she has never been able to conceive (infertility) x 5 years. She weighs 250 lbs. you proceed to check all the necessary labs which came back normal except free T4 was low and […]

Women’s Health

A 28 year old breastfeeding mom G3 P3, 3 months postpartum, wants to continue breastfeeding. She wants OCP immediately because she does not want to become pregnant too soon. What type of OCP is appropriate for this mom? Women Health Corner (Answer) A progestin- only OCP like Heather 0.35mg 1 tab po q d can […]

Authors

-Dr. Christie Acho DNP, APRN, FNP-BC: Chair.
-Amara Megwa MSN, FNP-C.
-Dr. Nneoma Chinomso Opara DNP, APRN, FNP.
-Affiong Ekong, MSN, WHNP.
-Dorothy Umoh MSN FNP-BC.
-Uchenna Ukoha MSN FNP-BC.
-Tina Nweke MS, APRN FNP-C.
Acknowledgements: Research/Education Committee
Funding and Support: The authors received no financial or other material support for the work.
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