The number of anesthesia providers has not kept pace with increasing demand for their services. The supply of certified registered nurse anesthetists is decreasing. Hospital administrators need to recognize that these declining numbers will give anesthesiologists increased leverage during contract negotiations. Hospitals should prepare for negotiations with anesthesia providers by establishing process guidelines before discussions, defining minimally acceptable terms, and exploring a full range of compensation options. Hospitals that anticipate market changes and avoid hard-line responses position themselves for greatest long-term success.
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December 2024
Department of Midwifery, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia.
Background: Street women are women, who make their living on the streets by begging, sleeping in the streets, or on the sides of roads. They are the most marginalized and neglected segment of society, with little access to health care, including modern contraception, and a lack of knowledge about health services, particularly in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study aimed to examine modern contraceptive utilization and associated factors among street women.
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December 2024
Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Clin Transl Gastroenterol
December 2024
Department of Pharmacology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
Introduction: Hypoalgesic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may provide critical insights into human abdominal pain. This condition was previously associated with homozygosity for a polymorphism (rs6795970, A1073V; 1073 val/val ) related to Na v 1.8, a voltage-gated sodium channel preferentially expressed on nociceptors.
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December 2024
Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, "Policlinico San Marco" University Hospital, Catania, Italy.
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November 2024
Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, 37100 Verona, Italy.
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