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Remission Achieved Quickly for Girl With Complex Crohn’s Disease

Stanford Childrens

It is a chronic (long-term) condition. The center achieves 85% remission for its IBD patients. Upon a closer look at Abbys original colonoscopy, the underlying pathology showed signs of very early-onset IBD, particularly Crohns disease. Crohns disease causes redness, swelling, and sores along the digestive tract.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Remember this Data Point – 40% & Then Tell Your Story

Relentless School Nurse

More than 40% of US children and adolescents have at least one of the following chronic health conditions… The healthcare needs of children with chronic illness can be complex and continuous, involving daily management and addressing potential emergencies.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Are You Running Out of Steam?

Relentless School Nurse

We are still dealing with a set of very extraordinary conditions. Here are some suggestions that might help us regroup and regain equilibrium; at least I hope so: Be realistic about what you can achieve during the school day.

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The Perfect Storm of Learning Conditions in Physical Education (PE)

Reinventing the Game

I believe a possible missing link to the above questions is the lack of realisation that sometimes we are forcing direct input-output expectations (I want A from introducing B) with learning processes (In order to achieve B, I need to consider process C which requires specific inputs) and there is a mismatch in expectations.

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The Relentless School Nurse: A Heartfelt Retirement Speech With an Advocacy Message

Relentless School Nurse

Evidence demonstrates the link between health and academic success and school nurses are an investment in student achievement. Chronic health conditions in school aged children has gradually increased over the years and is now ~40% of the student population according to the CDC Healthy Schools website.

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From Patient to Registered Nurse: Overcoming Challenges to Achieve Her Dream

Stanford Childrens

While she lived in foster care, Foster’s chronic conditions led to frequent hospitalizations at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. It’s a special privilege to see Misty achieve this.” Without Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, I couldn’t have achieved any of my dreams,” said Foster.

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Preschooler Living Seizure-Free With Leading-Edge Medicine

Stanford Childrens

The family had learned that Sammy’s epilepsy was related to a very rare genetic condition called Nicolaides-Baraitser syndrome, which affects fewer than 300 people worldwide. The challenge was finding the right medicine in light of Sammy’s extremely rare genetic condition. Now, we don’t even think about his epilepsy.