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Update: 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 Florida, I cared for a group of pediatric and adult African-American Sickle Cell patients who would come to my medical-oncology unit for treatment. Five years later, I developed a questionnaire for Sickle Cell patients in hopes of improving their pain management.

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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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Consider: Aging in a Virtual World

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Now there are training programs , VR initiatives for pain management , remote diagnostics , and more VR headset vendors. The Senior Center without Walls was one of the early (2004) programs for seniors who could not leave their homes but could participate by telephone. Virtual reality for seniors. Virtual senior center.

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150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

Launched in 2004, Medicus Healthcare Solutions provides locum tenens staffing to practices, hospitals and healthcare organizations across the country. With more than 300 employees, the company aims to provide permanent and supplemental staffing, project and resource management as well as consulting services for its partners.