… tools such as whiteboards and other non-verbal techniques so they can better care for patients who cannot speak because they are intubated or connected to a … “It is not just bringing the communication boards but making it easy to use for these extremely busy nurses and providers in the work environment.” The boards, … health care workers that has created a COVID-19 initiative consisting of free communication supports to patients and health care workers. Gendreau and …

… I’ve accomplished, but I couldn’t do it without a dedicated team of teachers.” For the past six years, MacLeod-Bluver has been leading the reading curriculum at … specialist,” recalled MacLeod-Bluver. “They recognize the importance of reading for high school students, but they were still implementing outdated reading … them,” said MacLeod-Bluver, a 14-year veteran whose career took her to Alaska for a year. “A lot of elementary education candidates and aspiring teachers learn …

… years would bring in their respective fields.  Green , chief scientific advisor for the MGH Institute, writes about the speech clinic in the year 2125 and the … eroding the friction through which empathy and social skills grow. He calls for an ethical compass to guide adoption — one anchored in privacy, dignity, … systems, which once seemed so futuristic, feel as natural as using spell-check. Hogan also hopes the future finally gives developmental language disorder …

… many other things affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the last weeks of education for Sarah Bekele, Paige Craven, and Samantha Deglaoui were something they hadn’t bargained for. The students, who are in the 2020 Master of Science in Nursing program, took the … They are quick learners,” Swales said.   During a recent Zoom-based check-in meeting, the three students, who are in the psych/mental health track, …

… Tauriac (Lasell College), and Bwann Gwann (WPI).   Truong prepared talking points for the participating diversity officers, noting that “almost all” public and private … Truong said, and she and her colleagues hope to continue holding events advocating for JEDI education at the State House.   “Not only did we form relationships with our … understand that they have elected officials who represent them, so they can visit their offices or call,” Truong said. “This advocacy day was the first of many …

… of Occupational Therapy student in the Class of 2020, works per diem as an EMT for Cataldo Ambulance Service. Since the pandemic began, she has split her time … between regular 911 shifts and those that involve testing residents in group homes for the coronavirus. “I’ve been the one who goes in and gives the tests to the … materials and handle the paperwork, is considered in the “warm zone.” She can visit as many as eight nursing homes during each testing shift, where the number of …

… Area of Expertise Nursing Education MGH Institute faculty and staff gathered for the fifth annual lecture honoring the legacy of nursing leader Natalie Petzold, … and Miss Petzold was one of those people to me,” Margie Sipe, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the School of Nursing, reflected. This year’s lecture … Dean of Nursing, Maura Abbott.  Schnall, who also serves as Associate Dean for Faculty Development, presented her work on user-centered design in mobile health …