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'One Tough Cookie': Not Even 1 Pound at Birth, Nathan Teply Is Still Fighting 4 Years Later

… scared by the speed at which things were unfolding. “It was a rushed ordeal, so you didn’t really have that much time to think or anything,” he said. “You kind of just had to do it. That … for treatment – including surgery to repair a hole in his heart – before heading home. “That really was the best decision,” Mary said. “We are truly thankful for that. Even though it was really hard for us not to go home, it was best for Nathan.”     Lifelong Friends and Memories …
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Methodist Bariatric Program Focuses on Long-Term Solutions and Relationships To Change Lives

… fixes,” said program coordinator Ali Hunter, APRN . “This is for the long term. It’s really about building that relationship. We view it as a partnership. We’re worried about people … of patients with morbid obesity is that everyone just thinks that they overeat and don’t really care about what they do,” Dr. Winterstein said. “I would say 50 percent of the people we see don’t really overeat, and no one believes them. We do. We see it all the time. We’ve had people that …
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‘This Story Needs To Be Told’: Omaha Woman Opens Up About Long COVID Struggles in Hopes of Helping Others

… when caring for patients in quarantine during the acute phase of COVID-19. “Sometimes all they really needed to do was talk about what their symptoms were,” he said of virtual visits. “This … things I’d watch for. These things are positive and encouraging to me.’ I find those things really helpful, and – just from a patient’s mindset – very beneficial, too.”   After two weeks of … neuralgia – sharp pain in her face.  “There’s a lot of weird things,” Becca said. “There’s really not a lot of explanation of what is happening. I tell people that it’s like a new surprise …
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‘Another chance at life’: Husband’s CPR training, Jennie Edmundson’s expert care help save woman after heart attack

… for a wet washcloth to cover her chest and then began vomiting. “I looked at her and said, ‘I really think you need to go to the hospital and get checked out,’” said Jerry Wiser, a volunteer … Hospital . “It seemed like I did compressions for an hour,” Jerry Wiser recalled, “but it was really a matter of three to five minutes.” That’s when Council Bluffs firefighters – already … us,” Robinson said. “CPR prolongs things, keeping your brain oxygenated and blood moving. It really increases the chances for survival. But we were really up against the clock, and we wanted …
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New Home for Women and Newborns Matches Level of Care

… praised everyone at Jennie Edmundson who’s cared for her. “The amazing staff at Jennie – they really helped me get through the last loss and supported me through my entire pregnancy,” she … specifically to Jennie Edmundson,” said OB/GYN Lori Platt, MD . “So, when we started, we were really vested in providing excellent care for women and knew we wanted to build a good, solid … have the aesthetics part of it before,” Dr. Platt said. “Patients still came here because they really loved the physicians and nursing care. But this is the icing on the cake. We can finally …
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The Unsung Heroes of Incident Command: ‘You Might Not See Us When You Need Us, but We’ll Be Here’

… do we work with third-party vendors to get them in our facilities safely to do things we never really thought we’d ever have to do?”   The stress of his new role was exhausting, he said, but … that, we’d be ready with a process.” “All the things we learned from those flu vaccine clinics really made our COVID-19 vaccination clinics run that much more efficiently,” Oliva said. Getting … front of others and herding them in a different direction when necessary,” Oliva said. “Nobody really sees us, but they’d feel it if we didn’t exist.”   “I’m just really proud of the things we …
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Methodist's Mobile 3D Mammography Coach Breaks Down Barriers

… in the region, the coach takes 3D digital mammography screening technology on location. “It’s really important when we talk about breast health that we address it with not only the business … RT (R)(M), a radiologic technologist for the Methodist Mobile 3D Mammography coach. “We try to really make it an amazing experience. We get so many patients who say, ‘For a mammogram, this is … their good experience so they come in and get screened as well. It means so much to us that we really provide high-quality care and make it an event they remember.”   Ensuring Quality on …
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SANE/SART: From Trauma to Triumph

… at the low, and you hope they can regain footing in their life.” “Coming in for an exam is a really, really tough time for these survivors,” added Carla Idrees, BSN, RN. “At the same time, it can be really beautiful. It’s one of their first steps in healing.”   Thankful for Methodist A year …
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New Harper Family Mobile Health Unit helps Nebraska Methodist College expand outreach efforts

… I am a nurse will be community health, so being able to have that avenue at school has been really wonderful.” Jessica Anthony, BSN, RN, a 2024 NMC graduate who has volunteered with the … it’s beneficial to receive real-world experience outside of the classroom and hospital.  “It really makes us aware of the needs in our community and of how much help is really needed,” said Anthony, who accepted a part-time nursing position in August to continue …
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‘More Than an Appendectomy’: Patient Receives Physical and Mental Healing From Methodist Care Team

… of them,” the 39-year-old wife and mother of four said. “And unless I’m on my death bed, you really won’t find me making an appointment for myself. I don’t have time. My life revolves around … thought the world of him – the absolute world of him,” she said of Dr. Kolkman. “He listened – really listened to what I said and used his head to read what I didn’t know how to communicate.” … person who has a name, a husband and four kids. They gave a damn. They made me feel like I really mattered.” …