Lessons Learned From TranslateCovid, a Multilingual Online Resource Hub for Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities and Beyond.

The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated health disparities among immigrant communities. Delivering accurate information and addressing misinformation on protective measures and vaccination to linguistically disadvantaged groups was critical for mitigating the effects of the pandemic. One group that was especially vulnerable to miscommunication about COVID-19 was non-native English-speaking immigrants.

Ending Disparities and Achieving Justice for Individuals with Mental Disabilities.

The intersection of crime and mental disabilities is a topic of intense public scrutiny and concern. It is well known that the widespread closure of psychiatric hospitals led to an increase in the arrest and incarceration of individuals with mental illness. Nationally, as the number of state hospital beds that remain open "has fallen to its lowest level on record, … mentally ill individuals inside and outside the criminal justice system" compete for scarce resources in "a bed shell game with life-and-death implications.

Steeple sign: a case of croup.

Croup, or laryngotracheobronchitis, is a common viral respiratory tract illness seen in the pediatric population (). This article describes the case of a child who presents with croup and the characteristic "steeple sign" seen on the radiograph. The patient received a diagnosis of croup secondary to the parainfluenza virus infection.

"RAPID" team triage: one hospital's approach to patient-centered team triage.

Patients who present to the emergency department want definitive care by a health care provider who can perform an initial assessment, initiate treatment, and implement a disposition plan. The traditional "nurse triage" model often creates barriers to the process of rapidly evaluating patients. Therefore, innovative strategies must be explored to improve the time of patient arrival to the time seen by a qualified provider in order to complete a thorough medical screening examination.

A 15-year-old male with persistent knee pain.

Most children and adolescents who present with extremity pain in the emergency department (ED) have minor injuries or musculoskeletal problems that are easily diagnosed and managed. A history of a child or teenager with persistent extremity pain lasting more than a few weeks or pain that wakes the child at night is of clinical concern and requires investigation. There are serious clinical etiologies that must be included in the differential diagnosis of this group of patients.

Wound care and laceration repair for nurse practitioners in emergency care: part II.

This is Part II of a 2-part series on wound care and laceration repair for advanced practice nurses. In Part I, the phases and categories of wound healing were outlined. The factors that affected wound healing were also discussed along with an approach for systematic wound management.