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How respiratory therapists help patients breath easier
Difficulty breathing, a feeling of suffocation, asthmatic complications— these are health obstacles no person hopes to face. The culprit of these systems, whether lung disease,…
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A prescription for better patient care
It’s common these days for patients to have prescriptions filled at many different pharmacies and decline even the quickest medication consultation. These habits are time-saving,…
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Encompass Health employees present best practices at 2019 ARN REACH conference
Encompass Health was again a proud sponsor of ARN REACH 2019, an annual national gathering of rehabilitation nurses, which wrapped up on Nov. 9. In addition…
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How speech language pathologists help patients find their voice
Pizza, bingo and field trips don’t sound like typical components of a speech therapy session, but these actvities are routine for Encompass Health’s speech language…
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Encompass Health to present at ARN REACH conference
Encompass Health is gearing up for ARN’s annual REACH conference, a dedicated meeting of rehabilitation nursing professionals happening Nov. 6-9. The Association of Rehabilitation Nurses…
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From PD to PT: Making the career switch to healthcare
Rod Miller is used to spending all day in a vehicle. Years ago, he patrolled the busy streets of Marion County, Florida, waiting to answer…
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Spinal cord injury patients find community in South Florida
Spinal cord injuries can be caused by many types of trauma and disease, but the outcome is often the same: a partial or total loss…
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An education on stroke recovery
It was the day before Halloween 2018 and Vera Akinkuotu, an eighth grade English teacher, had just put the finishing touches on her Edgar Allan…
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Educational resources put clinical career growth in reach
Cherria Scott, nurse supervisor at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Ocala, Florida, remembers the first time she was approached about advancing her career using Company…
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When being a nurse means hitting the books
“Where can I go from here?” When Sloan Workman joined the Encompass Health team as a rehabilitation nurse tech in 2014, this thought frequently crossed…