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Healthcare is always changing, which is why Nexus stays up-to-date on trends and innovations. Here, we share news from the Nexus network, tips for caregivers and patients, and updates from the fields of medicine, mental health, and behavioral health.
Nexus Health Systems hires rehabilitation medicine physician to build on comprehensive rehabilitation services »
Nexus Health Systems welcomes Zoraya Parrilla, MD to the team as a rehabilitation medicine physician. Dr. Parrilla will serve as the medical director of Nexus Specialty Hospital’s Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit (IRU) as well as an attending physical medicine and rehabilitation…
A holistic approach to inpatient pediatric physical and mental health treatment »
Holistic healthcare — an approach to medicine that focuses on overall physical and mental wellbeing — is slowly becoming an accepted industry standard.
Treating bladder and bowel disruption after brain injury and spinal cord injury »
Urinary and bowel control issues occur when there is a disruption in information communicated between the brain and the areas of the body that control bladder and bowel function.
The impacts of speech therapy for stroke patients experiencing neurological changes »
Following a stroke, some individuals may require physical, occupational, or speech therapy to help them overcome lingering neurological impacts.
Good relationship with food: the purpose, goals, and outcomes of communal meals in pediatric rehabilitation »
For the patients at Nexus Children’s Hospital, communal mealtime is an important part of the day.
The psychopharmacology of brain injuries »
Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) present a plethora of health issues that psychopharmacology can be very successful in treating and managing.
Traumatic brain injuries and the loss of self »
Our personalities are intrinsically tied to our brains – that is, until a brain injury occurs and disrupts the sense of self that is so unique to every person and defines who we are.
Nexus Children’s Hospital announces a new partnership with Pediatrix Medical Group »
Nexus Children’s Hospital announces a new partnership with Pediatrix Medical Group, a MEDNAX company. Facility CEO, Mary Harbeson, said, “We are very pleased to partner with Pediatrix as they are a highly regarded medical group and one of the nation’s…
