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UVM eConsults Improve Access to Care, for Both Patients and Physicians
Published Sept. 29, 2022
During such a vulnerable time for healthcare providers across the nation, UVM Health never falls short and continues to improve quality access to specialty care. Telehealth options, such as eConsults, provide patients and their physicians with swift peace of mind. Since 2021, eConsults has effectively and efficiently streamlined communications between …

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‘If You Have a Dream, You Don’t Give Up’
Published Sept. 27, 2022
Christina Saunders, RN, and Brody Hooper could see their patient struggling as they waited for a computed tomography (CT) scan to begin. Her breathing, already labored, would worsen when she lay flat for the procedure. Anxious and frightened, she needed more than the encouragement and reassurance Saunders and Hooper were …

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Mental Health Care is Health Care
Published Aug. 21, 2022
In 2020, even before COVID-19 increased many people’s anxiety and depression, nearly one third of University of Vermont Medical Center primary care patients reported mental health or substance use concerns. “We knew a mental health crisis was coming before the pandemic – there are never enough mental health professionals to …

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A Second Chance
Published Aug. 21, 2022
Since the beginning of COVID-19, the use of drugs and alcohol has spiked in the region, leading to more Emergency Department visits from those struggling with addiction. Known in clinical settings as “substance-use disorder,” the diagnosis comes with declining health, the very real threat of overdose or death, and a …

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"I feel like I'm making a difference here"
Published March 31, 2022
Sandra Belton spent nearly 20 years working as a nurse in her native South Carolina. Then, after working for a couple of years as a travel nurse, first in Southeast and then in Vermont, she decided to join the neurology team full time at the University of Vermont Medical Center …

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From the History of Art to the Art of Nursing
Published Dec. 1, 2021
For Sarah Yeager, a personal health experience led to a profession centered on caring for people. Sarah Yeager, BSN, RN, was on her way to getting her bachelor’s degree in art history when her mother was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Within a year, her mom had died. …

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Why did Heather Lefebvre, BSN, RN, become a nurse?
Published Nov. 30, 2021
“I wanted to make a difference in people’s lives – especially during one of their most vulnerable periods.” While still a student at UVM College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Lefebvre discovered her interest in working on the general medicine floor at UVM Medical Center. Thanks to the Pipeline Program, …

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From the History of Art to the Art of Nursing

Why did Heather Lefebvre, BSN, RN, become a nurse?

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