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Nurse with Medical Marijuana Card Fired After Failing Drug Test

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A nurse at the Cass County Jail in Fargo, North Dakota recently lost her job after failing a mandatory drug test even though she has a valid medical marijuana card. Members of the commission said Rodacker-Bartch was fired because of the positive drug test, a clear violation of staff policy.

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I Am Afraid of Early Cancer Detection

Sensible Medicine

It’s been a few years since I first heard about the Galleri test produced by the Menlo Park startup Grail. Galleri is a blood-based screening test for cancer. For a couple of reasons, I didn’t work very hard to learn about the Galleri test. Second, I was worried that this test might have real promise.

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10 Test-Taking Strategies for Nurses

Minority Nurse

Tests and nursing school go hand-in-hand. While the format for some of these exams is similar to tests taken in the past, such as anatomy and physiology or pharmacology, the exams dedicated to nursing content can be formatted differently, making them more challenging for many students. Tests are an unavoidable part of nursing school.

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Update on Results Release in MyAHS Connect - Removal of Delay from Remaining Test Results

Connect Care Bytes Blog

Starting April 3, 2025, all test results and their results-related documents will become immediately available, without a 5-day hold, in MyAHS Connect (MAC), the online patient tool for Connect Care. Currently, patients who have access to MAC can see these test results 5 days after their ordering provider receives them.

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Optum: Testing Time for an Invisible Empire

The Healthcare Blog

Then someone discovered that the largest living thing in the world was actually the 106 acre, 47 thousand tree Pando aspen grove in central Utah, which genetic testing revealed to be a single organism. By Jeff Goldsmith Years ago, the largest living thing in the world was thought to be the blue whale.

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“Holy Grail” of Cancer Detection Can Predict Tumors Over a Year Before They Appear

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A new cancer detection tool known as the “holy grail” of early detection is currently being tested in hospitals throughout the U.K., It is the first pan-cancer blood test, according to Ashish Tripathi, founder and CEO of Tzar Labs and chairman of Epigeneres Biotech, an Indian firm that first developed the test in 2021. “We

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How to Pass the NCLEX RN Exam on the First Try

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The number of RN candidates who passed the NCLEX on their first try fell to 80% last year as more students struggled to pass the test. After I got done with the test, I was surprised at how good I felt. Klontz suggests signing up for the required background check while on vacation and then scheduling the test as soon as you get back.

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