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According to a National Autistic Society survey of over 450 adults with autism, an astonishing 70% are unable to live independently. Of these individuals, 49% live with family members, creating a huge financial burden on aging parents, and 32% live in residential care facilities. In an effort to turn the tide of this staggering statistic, one day habilitation program is joining nurses and therapists efforts to prepare its patients for the challenges of independent living. 
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Nursing and Special Populations: Challenges in providing healthcare for the homeless | Nursing
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One for the Road...: Five tips for tomorrow's travel nurses | Nursing
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Paralyzed but not Powerless: Patient and family education in the rehabilitation setting | Nursing
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Changing Healthcare on the Homefront: Medicare squares off with home healthcare | Nursing
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IEP Listening Goals for Children with Cochlear Implants - Part 2 | IEPs for Children with Cochlear Implants
Amy McConkey Robbins
Clinicians, teachers, and parents are gearing up for the upcoming season: No, I don't mean spring, but IEP Season! That's the period of time that can drag out from now until virtually the last working day on a school district's calendar. In an earlier blog entry, " IEP Listening Goals...
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Things are going my way! | My way of making the world a better place...
Michael Ellner
Things are going my way! ... Having a lecture added to the 92nd Street Y's 2010-2011 "Health & Wellness Series" is a deeply satisfying and pleasurable experience! I know because my "Pain Relief Workshop" has just been accepted and I will be speaking at the Y on Dec. 7, 2010...
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Hooray for the National Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments! | Going Green, Mark D. Marotta, Therapy Times
Behind The Zine
By Mark D. Marotta Somewhere along the line, my duties here at Valley Forge Press, which brings you Therapy Times, grew to include coming up with environmentally-themed articles for its sister publication, rt image. Not sure how that happened, but it did, for better or worse. So far, Therapy Times...
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Rejuvenation Amidst Frigid Temperatures | Patient Relations
Joanne Loewy
Hibernation, according to Webster's dictionary is a state of inactivity and metabolic depression in animals, characterized by lower body temperature, slower breathing, and lower metabolic rate. When animals hibernate they actually conserve energy. During winter, when food supply is limited, animals use their energy reserves at a slow rate. It...
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03.12.10
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Webcast
Shari Schroeder discusses some of OPTP's new distribution offerings, including the SmartRoller, a patented, resilient, durable 'two-in-one' foam roller. While its rounder side increases roller movement, its flatter side decreases movement. With the flatter side down, it can be sat on and stood on for balance related movements, while placing the rounder side down provides a more challenging, dynamic workout.
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03.12.10
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Marilyn M. Pink, PhD, PT, MBA, discusses the benefits of EDUCATA.com, a unique, interactive, Web 2.0 education platform that delivers online learning, and also offers a broad spectrum of courses from orthopaedics and pulmonology to geriatrics and oncology that are taught by top-ranked educators and experienced clinicians. EDUCATA's partners include the World Confederation for Physical Therapy as well as many APTA state chapters and sections.
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03.11.10
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Jasper Sidhu, BSc, DC, of Wave Manufacturing Inc. discusses how their line of products uses WAVE vibration or rapid movement of the platform to provide a heightened exercise routine, with benefits such as increased blood flow and reduced stress to the bone for obese patients.
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03.11.10
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David Underhill, president of Battle Creek Equipment, discusses some of the company's offerings displayed at the CSM show, including the Ice It!® ColdCOMFORT™ line of products, which are designed to provide a quick, safe cold compress that patients don't have to hold in place, and used predominantly to manage both swelling and recurring inflammation.
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03.10.10
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Bill Cummins, MS, CCC-SLP, discusses the Cypress Therapy software from AccuMed Technology Solutions, which provides a library of documentation templates, including daily notes, weekly summaries, initial and monthly plans of progress, and discipline-specific evaluations, as well as Cypress Mobile software in which therapists enter treatment data as they work with patients, running on any handheld device using the Windows Mobile® operating system Cypress Therapy software integrates, manages, and displays information for therapists, managers, and business office staff.
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03.01.10
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In the News
Multidisciplinary care teams consisting of clinicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals appear to be associated with a lower risk of death among patients in the intensive care unit
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02.15.10
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Journal Watch
hree-quarters of nurses providing private and public care experienced workplace violence, but only one in six incidents were formally reported
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02.01.10
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Journal Watch
Chronically ill older adults who are closely supported by a nurse-physician primary care team are twice as likely to rate their healthcare as high-quality than those who receive usual care, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore
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01.18.10
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In the News
The public is becoming aware of the many ways in which the environment can impact our health – as individuals and as a society. Nurses, a trusted source of health information, have challenged themselves to become capable, science-based players in the world of environmental health.
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01.04.10
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Webcast
CareFusion staff discuss the company's offerings for 2010, including ventilated products, non-invasive ventilation and high-flow oxygen solutions to help avoid intubating the patients, alternative airway access devices and closed suction catheters to avoid breaking the circuit which decreases the potential risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
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Shari Schroeder discusses some of OPTP's new distribution offerings, including the SmartRoller, a patented, resilient, durable 'two-in-one' foam roller. While its rounder side increases roller movement, its flatter side decreases movement. With the flatter side down, it can be sat on and stood on for balance related movements, while placing the rounder side down provides a more challenging, dynamic workout.
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