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The potential of chemical warfare agents should be of overwhelming concern to civilian emergency physicians and prehospital providers. As General Pershing warned after World War I, the effect is so deadly to the unprepared that we can never afford to neglect the question.
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Mary Szczepanik, MS, BSN, RN, manager of cancer education, support, and outreach at OhioHealth Cancer Services in Columbus, provides services to a large geographical area. Therefore, as a manager, she must decide how her staff of six can best use their time.
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Before a partnership for a community outreach project is formed between OhioHealth Cancer Services in Columbus and another organization, staff complete a program request form while talking to the contact on the phone. These data allow the department to determine if the outreach fits its strategic plan.
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Networking in the area of patient education is important for many reasons. Its a good way to learn about new trends and what is working and what is not, says Nancy Goldstein, MPH, patient education program manager at Fairview-University Medical Center in Minneapolis.
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As program director of patient and family education at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, the role of Virginia Forbes, MSN, RN, includes the planning, direction and evaluation of patient education activities. To manage this, she chairs an interdisciplinary advisory committee to oversee the patient education program. She also works with multiple subcommittees and task forces to achieve goals.
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A year ago, Phoenix Childrens Hospital implemented an educational program to teach parents of children with new tracheostomies about trach care because many insurance companies in the state limited the length of stay for children undergoing this procedure, and families were not always comfortable with the requirements of home care.
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Rights, respect, and responsibility make the grade. As with any informed decision, teens need all the facts to determine when to become sexually active.
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Until recently, staff at OhioHealth Cancer Services in Columbus never said no. To make better use of tight funds, a five-year strategic cancer plan was developed by gathering data and analyzing statistics.
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Biological therapy, or immunotherapy, is used to stimulate or restore the ability of the immune system to fight infection and disease. However, patients can experience difficulty with this new form of therapy because of the side effects.
