by RNSAdmin | Jul 17, 2018 | Education, Lupus
Hopefully, you are familiar with the patient Bill of Rights that was drafted by the federal government’s Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry in the late 1990s. It was created with the following three overarching goals:1 •...
by RNSAdmin | Jul 10, 2018 | Education, Rheumatoid Arthritis
When I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) at the age of 25, one of my first concerns was how it would impact my ability to start a family. Though I was lucky to have an extremely supportive rheumatology team, I still felt there was an acute lack of...
by RNSAdmin | Jul 4, 2018 | Education, Rheumatoid Arthritis
As rheumatology nurses, we see many patients in what should be the prime years of their lives. In their 20s or 30s, I currently have numerous recently married women in my practice as patients who have a new diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), dealing them a...
by RNSAdmin | Jun 27, 2018 | Education, Rheumatoid Arthritis
Being a new parent is never easy, but it can be especially challenging for patients with a chronic disease such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Here are some tips I have given to my patients with RA over the years—I hope you find them helpful for use in your practice!...
by RNSAdmin | Jun 13, 2018 | Education, Lupus, Pediatrics
TK was an 8-year-old female who presented to our pediatric rheumatology clinic about a year ago with a positive antinuclear antibody (ANA) test result (1:320), general fatigue, and a recent preliminary diagnosis of pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) that was...
