Exercise Rehab Helpful After Pulmonary Embolism
Exercise rehabilitation may confer functional improvements to patients struggling to breathe following a pulmonary embolism (PE), a randomized controlled trial found. Patients with persistent dyspnea in the two-center study who were assigned to rehabilitation scored significantly higher on the Incremental Shuttle Walk Test (ISWT) compared with controls (difference 53 m, 95% CI 17.7-88.3, P=0.0035), reported […]
Nurse Rehabilitation Programs: Why Is Enrollment So Low?
This story is part of a MedPage Today series on alternative-to-discipline nurse rehabilitation programs. A 3-month investigation by MedPage Today has revealed that enrollment among alternative-to-discipline (ATD) rehabilitation programs for nurses — believed to be the best option to help them overcome substance use disorder without discipline — is “tragically small,” in the words of […]
Lawyers Advertise to Nurses: Think Twice About State Rehab Programs
This story is part of a MedPage Today series on alternative-to-discipline nurse rehabilitation programs. Type the words “nurse alternative discipline program” in Google and depending on the state, up will pop the websites of several law firms specializing in defending nurses facing complaints of substance abuse. The nurse may have been arrested for driving while […]