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Occupational Therapy

Why Methodist? Methodist’s occupational therapy program is designed to help you regain confidence by helping you remaster and strengthen the life skills important to you, including:… Treatment …
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Shared Service Systems Provides Quality Products for Health Care Facilities Throughout the Region

… working at Shared Service Systems in 1991 as an environmental services worker. He worked his way up into leadership roles before leaving in the early 2000s to pursue work as a painter. After being self-employed for seven years, Perkins received a call … many community health care facilities in the region.   “A hospital’s goal is to provide the best care possible. Our goal is helping hospitals meet that goal with quality products and …
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Methodist Hospital Foundation: Innovation and philanthropy drive educational outreach

… – and she’s beyond mincing words. “This is the worst pain ever,” she declared. “It’s not going to be long,” reassured Mary Seger Barker, MSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM, CIMI, a clinical nurse educator at … Seger Barker and the other members of Methodist’s labor and delivery outreach team share best practices, training and resources with OB/GYN care teams in almost four dozen rural … to maternity care. In Nebraska, that’s about 80,000 women. Educational outreach is just one way Methodist is responding to the crisis. The work includes a calendar of fellowships and other …
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CDC adjusts COVID-19 recommendations to align with other respiratory viruses

… the U.S. is no longer seeing large waves of infections, hospitalizations and deaths related to the virus. Smaller and more predictable clusters of transmission in the summer and winter … other health care settings.    Prevention The CDC recommends that people 5 and older should get the updated COVID-19 vaccine to help prevent infection. People who received the latest … allow parents to send their kids back to school or day care sooner.   Key takeaway What’s the best advice I can give you? If you don’t feel well, you should stay home, get tested and seek …
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Feeling Anxious About Coronavirus Disease? You Aren't Alone

… it fuels change quickly. Many people in communities affected by COVID-19 are being careful to limit exposure and are practicing social distancing. Anxiety fosters prevention and … In the short term, anxiety increases your breathing and heart rate, concentrating blood flow to your brain – where you need it. This very physical response is preparing you for an intense … news, you may repeatedly feel anxious and stressed. When this occurs, your body doesn’t get a signal to return to normal functioning. This can weaken your immune system, leaving you …
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COVID-19 Vaccine for 12- to 15-Year-Olds: What Parents Should Know

… authorized the two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in adolescents 12 to 15 years old, more young people can soon do their part to protect themselves, their families and their communities from COVID-19. The COVID-19 vaccine is safe, effective and our best shot at ending the COVID-19 pandemic and saving lives. But if you’re a parent or teen … new things. I was also hesitant before my pregnant wife and I received our vaccines. But the way we overcame our hesitancy was by educating ourselves. I looked at the data and the science to
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Family Ties: Michael and Alysa McKenny love their opportunity to work together at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital

… and family, hanging on the couch with our two senior cats while watching old sitcoms, going to Disney World, attending musicals and symphonies, and hosting family and friends for meals. We … style at the time – after meeting him at a group dinner in Brandeis Dining Hall. He responded to the friend request with a direct message asking who she was because he had no idea. Fast … an open position.  About a week before we were set to move, our furniture was already on its way to our new home in Omaha. Meanwhile, Michael was on a Zoom call, sitting in an empty living …
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Cancer Diet is a Numbers Game of Nutrition

… you think of cancer diagnosis and treatment, nutrition may not be the first thing that comes to mind. But proper nutrition is an important part of the process. As a board certified … energy. They either have to eat more of something that’s low calorie or we have to find a way to pack more nutrition into what they’re already consuming. But that doesn’t always mean … are. Once we manage the side effects of treatment, we can focus on implementing nutrition best-practice guidelines. It’s about setting you up for the best possible outcome and keeping you …
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Child Abuse: Renew Your Focus on Prevention

… a significant decline during the COVID-19 pandemic. One analysis looked at data from March to November 2020 and saw that reported incidents decreased 18% nationally. What does this mean? I … sadder and scarier: There’s an untold number of children in need of help, and we’re failing to reach them.   Signs of Child Abuse and Neglect The pandemic has created incredibly high … families in so many areas of life. Trauma and stress can interfere with a caregiver’s ability to nurture and discipline. Caregiver mental health, substance abuse and domestic violence are all …