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Living with MS

 
Save-the-Date

Greater New England MapSaturday, October 29, 2011
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Annual Meeting of Members
Conference & Expo with
Stanley F. Waterman Research Update

Four states, four locations.

Join us for lunch and learn more about current chapter activities and accomplishments, as well as, MS research. Each location will feature a keynote presentation with an MS researcher.

  • Clarion Hotel, Portland, Maine
  • Best Western Royal Plaza, Marlborough, Massachusetts
  • Church Landing, Meredith, New Hampshire
  • Hampton Inn Conference Center, Burlington, Vermont

Watch your mailbox and email on voting and registration.


Recent Additions to the Dora Lipcon Lending Library

in the Van Houten MS Resource Center

 What Nurses Know

What Nurses Know…Multiple Sclerosis: The Answers You Need From the People You Trust (2011, Demos Publishing). Saunders, Carol. This book gives down-to-earth information, addresses consumers as equal partners in their care, and explains clearly what readers need to know and want to know to understand their condition and move forward with their lives.

 Assistive Technology and Devices

Illustrated Guide to Assistive Technology and Devices: Tools and Gadgets for Living Independently (2010 Demos Publishing). Robitaille, Suzanne. For people with disabilities, the aging, and those with low literacy, the key to success in the workplace and society is usable access, enabled by assistive technology that works in harmony with information technology. This book combines research and personal insight to help even the most novice user make better, more informed choices about assistive technology.

 MS Medication Management

Multiple Sclerosis: Medication Management, 2nd edition (2008). Reitman, Nancy, & Kalb, Rosalind. The progressive nature of MS, the unpredictability and variability of its symptoms, and the emotional and social changes it can cause, combine to create a complex, clinical challenge for healthcare professionals. This book provides an overview of MS and its treatment, with an emphasis on the unique roles played by pharmacists and nurses in the treatment process.

 MS The Nursing Perspective

Multiple Sclerosis: The Nursing Perspective, 5th edition (2010). Reitman, Nancy & Kalb, Rosalind. The progressive nature of MS, the unpredictability and variability of its symptoms, and the emotional and social changes it can cause, combine to create a complex, clinical challenge for healthcare professionals. This book provides an overview of MS and its treatment, with an emphasis on the unique role played by nurses in the treatment process. (revised 2nd edition available).

 Comprehensive Nursing Care

Comprehensive Nursing Care in Multiple Sclerosis, 3rd Edition (2011 Springer Publishing Company, LLC) Halper, June & Holland, Nancy Joyce. This book uses detailed case studies to highlight the various roles of the MS nurse: the care provider, facilitator, advocate, educator, counselor, and innovator. It incorporates the Morgante Conceptual Framework of Hope into every chapter. The book also provides practical guidelines on disease and symptom management, alternative medicine, sexuality and family planning, and pediatric patients. Finally, this book discusses how to maximize the effectiveness of pharmacotherapeutics.

Order these and other books from our online library