… completely brushed off,” she said. “The doctor put my baby on another medication for reflux that had severe side effects. I remember saying, ‘I am a very resilient … her son’s symptoms, she would frequently see “tongue-tie” as a possible cause for all of them. Tongue-tie, formally known as ankyloglossia, is an affliction that … practice starts at the mouth, yet the doctors never looked in his mouth.”   Last fall, she applied for and was awarded a three-year, $30,000 grant from the …

… means there are no roads off, so breaking down that barrier and making it possible for most coursework and clinical training to take place on the Vineyard was … in and just started becoming nurses from the beginning of the program.”  Next up for all three: taking and passing the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX), … cohort of five Martha’s Vineyard Hospital employees began the ABSN program just last week. Music to Seguin’s ears and eventually, her hospital’s bottom line.  …

… annual Salute to Nurses section highlights more than a dozen faculty and graduates for their efforts More than a dozen faculty and alumni were recognized in the Boston … at Home, and Debbie Burke, Mass General Hospital’s senior vice president for patient care and chief nurse and the IHP’s associate dean of clinical affairs, … being named the 2007 Nurse Educator of the Year when the newspaper chose people for individual awards, a practice it stopped shortly afterwards when it began …

… inductees are more than any other organization in New England, and most ever for the MGH Institute in one year It is the pinnacle of the nursing profession – to … around the IHP as a climate expert and the associate director of the Center for Climate Change, Climate Justice, and Health. But it was her extensive work in … office like constipation or an ear infection.” The tools remind clinicians to check common childhood sources of pain, to involve parents, and to do more of a …