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The best way to help children cope with the stress of a procedure or hospital stay is to let them practice in advance, says Emily Fazio, CCLS, a child life specialist in day surgery at Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston.
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A hospital stay can be very stressful for children and their families. However, there are many ways pediatric facilities ease stress that other health care institutions can model when serving a pediatric population.
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A Hmong language video on the prevention and proper treatment of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) now is available as a VHS cas-sette or CD-ROM to all health care facilities with Hmong clients.
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The Access Project and the National Health Law Program have developed a resource to help health care providers and others ensure that people with limited English proficiency receive appropriate language assistance services in medical settings, which is called the Language Services Action Kit.
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B.J. Hansen-Wingert, MS, RN, patient education specialist for OhioHealth in Columbus, is a one-person department with its own budget.
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The Atlanta-based American Cancer Society put together a Stages of Change Model as they apply to a persons readiness to quit smoking. This model can be used to assess a smokers readiness to quit.
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The Great American Smokeout sponsored by the Atlanta-based American Cancer Society is the third Thursday in November.
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They still are referred to in many circles as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), which sets them apart from the more traditional modes of medicine that you would expect to see in a typical occupational health program.
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Fitch Ratings reports that the shortage of nurses and other personnel continues to present one of the greatest challenges for health care providers nationwide.