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How Empathy, Education, Communication and the PAST Model transformed Sickle Cell Patient Care

Society for Participatory Medicine

In 2004, as a staff nurse at Baptist Medical Center South in Montgomery, Alabama, I cared for a group of pediatric and adult African-American Sickle Cell patients who would come to my medical-oncology unit for treatment. They would stay a few days, get fluids, and get Phenergan around the clock for nausea, and narcotics for pain.

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10 Famous Celebrities Living with Type 1 Diabetes

Insulin Nation

Nick was diagnosed at the age of 13 after extreme weight loss landed him in the hospital. Gary continued to collect medals in the 2004 games and today spends much of his time advocating for diabetic athletes. As one of the most famous young celebrities with type 1, Nick Jonas has always been vocal about his struggle with the disease.

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#TweetRegret?

Docnotes

In ~ 2004 there was a platform called blogger , created by Evan Williams. Of course he doesn’t want people to be unhealthy so that they go to the hospital. It’s also an easy way to say something – or imply something – that you didn’t quite mean, or didn’t get to explain deeply enough.

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150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

These exceptional benefits landed the hospital on Best Companies AZ ‘s 100 Best Arizona Companies list for healthcare, and Phoenix Business Journal gave the hospital its HealthCare Leadership Award in 2017. Pinehurst (N.C.) Medicus Healthcare Solutions (Windham, N.H.).