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Top Honors for New Nurse Residency Program
On May 18, the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Commission on Accreditation in Practice Transition Programs awarded our New Graduate Nurse Residency Program its “Accreditation with Distinction” — ANCC’s highest possible level of recognition.
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Back to Basics: Five Tips for Starting a New Running Regime
While we’re all sheltering in place, many of us have found our activity levels declining. Gyms are closed, we aren’t walking to work, and our normal routines have changed drastically. Physical activity is now more important than ever, and running is a great way to keep moving that doesn’t require any special equipment.
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Lunchtime Workout Routine
Movement is essential for staying healthy. Aerobic exercise can help lower your risk of cardiovascular disease, and resistance training can help lower your risk of osteoporosis and other degenerative conditions.
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Battling COVID-19: Filmmaker Spends Month in Hospital, Weeks in Rehab
Gordon Quinn couldn’t speak. But he desperately needed to tell his doctors something.
The 77-year-old world-renowned documentarian was finally off a ventilator, for the second time. He had just been helped into a sitting position for the first time in weeks. But now they were talking about putting him on a ventilator for a third time.
The 77-year-old world-renowned documentarian was finally off a ventilator, for the second time. He had just been helped into a sitting position for the first time in weeks. But now they were talking about putting him on a ventilator for a third time.
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NYT: Starting to Exercise Again After Lockdown
Exercise researchers and physicians have some blunt advice for those of us aiming to return to regular exercise now, after months spent sheltering at home during the coronavirus pandemic. Start slowly, they suggest, and then rev up your workouts, also slowly.
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Day-in-the-Life with Art Therapist Edie Morris
Art Therapist Edie Morris shows a typical day at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.
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Spinal Cord Injury Spotlight
Established in September 2014, National Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Awareness Month raises awareness about SCI, and the need for better treatment and education. At Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, this month also gives us an opportunity to reflect on our patients, team and community.
Meet some of our outstanding colleagues and patients as they share their reflections on what this National SCI Month means to them.
Meet some of our outstanding colleagues and patients as they share their reflections on what this National SCI Month means to them.
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AbilityLab Receives Center Grant to Test Effectiveness of Home and Community Services
A new center grant recently was awarded to Shirley Ryan AbilityLab to create a system to evaluate home and community-based services. The grant — with funding of $4.4 million over five years — started on Sep. 1 and is through the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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Dr. Monica Rho Selected for AAPM&R’s PASSOR Legacy Award and Lectureship
At the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation’s (AAPM&R) Annual Assembly, Monica Rho, MD, chief, Musculoskeletal Medicine, will receive the prestigious 2020 PASSOR Legacy Award and Lectureship.
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What is the LIFE Center?
Experiencing a life-changing event can be challenging — finding information should not be one of those challenges.
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Nerve Damage Linked to Prone Positioning in COVID-19
Among COVID-19 patients who undergo mechanical ventilation, lying in the prone position has been associated with lasting nerve damage.
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After a Hospital Stay for Covid, Patients May Face Months of Rehabilitation
Allen Washington was an active, busy executive before contracting Covid-19 this summer. After weeks in the hospital, he now faces extensive physical and occupational therapy.
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