According to a new study by Indiana University Center for Aging Research, ICU survivors are both more psychologically fragile and medically fragile. According to an article published by the IUSM Newsroom, the study was the first to study antidepressant use and depressive symptoms following a stay in the Intensive Care Unit. Read more here
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The Press Democrat: Santa Rosa hospitals, care facilities evacuated in fire’s path
As wild fires rage through California, Santa Rosa facilities take care to move patients to safety. Read more here
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Refinery 29: When You Have To Decide Between Your Career & Your Sick Kid, Is There A Choice?
An article published on Refinery 29, states that parents with special needs children are 7.9 times more likely to lose their jobs or leave their jobs than their peers without children with special health needs, according to the Journal of Pediatric Health Care. The same article states that, according to The U.S. Department of Health…
US News and World Report: Improving Care of the Medically Fragile Child
An article published in US News and World Report speaks of the incredible costs to families with medically fragile children and the different programs that are really making a difference in their care and lives. Read more here
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Pediatric Nurses Week 2017
Happy Pediatric Nurses Week to all of the Pediatric Nurses out there. Especially, all of our dedicated Pediatric home care nurses!
The Importance of Evacuating Medically Needy Evacuees
Last week, we wrote a blog post about the wildfires that were ravaging Northern California. One of the biggest challenges medical personnel had to address was how to evacuate patients from one hospital to the next. The patients were suffering from different kinds of illnesses, some more serious than others. Those will less serious illnesses…
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