Medical Writing/eHow.com by Richard Ferri

Richard Ferri

Richard’s career as a medical and editor has spanned nearly 30 years. His work is clinically accurate, detailed focused, evidenced based, and well constructed. Richard has produced numerous journal articles, educational programs, conference summaries, slide presentations, among other educational and marketing publications. He has also served on peer-review editorial boards and been a managing editor of a major healthcare journals focused on HIV and hepatitis. Richard’s writing is influenced by his own clinical practice as a primary care nurse practitioner. He writes from the eye of someone with over 30 years in clinical practice that includes pediatrics, critical care, infectious disease, primary care, HIV/HCV, and key national leadership positions.

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  • Pain and Substance Abuse: A Growing Struggle in AIDS Care

  • HIV Prevention or Treatment: The New Debate

  • The Management of Anemia in the Era of HAART

  • Drug-Drug Interactions in HIV-Infected Patients

  • Postexposure Prophylaxis Against HIV in the Clinical Setting

    One of the biggest concerns many nurses have is being exposed to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the workplace. This is a very real and understandable fear, but it is important to appreciate that rate of occupational exposure is relatively low. The total number of healthcare workers occupationally infected with HIV is 132 persons in the US. This number includes all healthcare workers and nursing represents 24.2% (or 32 out of the 132) of all infected workers.