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“One of the Best Vacations;” Two AAMC ICU Nurses Volunteer in Nigeria

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In May 2009, two AAMC ICU nurses traveled to Nigeria to assist Edward Zebovitz, D.D.S., to provide oral and maxillofacial surgery to those in need. The ICU had no monitor, everything was manual and no wall oxygen was available. Holes in the ceiling allowed rain to come in and linens washed for patients were hung over shrubs and bushes to dry in the sweltering African sun. But the nurses worked with what they had, and made a plan.
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National Institutes of Health: Overall Cancer Rates Continue to Decline

National Institutes of Health: Overall Cancer Rates Continue to Decline

According to the recently-released National Cancer Institute annual report, featured in the journal Cancer, cancer diagnosis rates have fallen by an average of 1 percent each year from 1999 to 2006. Better news? Cancer mortality rates also declined between 2001 and 2006.
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AAMC Nurses Impact the World Outside AAMC’s Walls

AAMC Nurses Impact the World Outside AAMC’s Walls

In October, 2009, AAMC Emergency Department nurse Stephanie Otten, R.N., traveled to India with Operation Smile, becoming the latest example of AAMC nurses and technicians donating their time, compassion, and expertise to those in need of medical care.


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Consumer Reports Ranks AAMC #1 in Maryland

Consumer Reports has ranked Anne Arundel Medical Center as the top hospital in Maryland, based on HCAHPS survey data measuring patients’ perceptions of their hospital experience.The ranking comes just one month after AAMC was named the sole Maryland hospital to receive the HealthGrades 2009-2010 Outstanding Patient Experience Award, based upon the same HCAHPS survey.

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The Youth Movement – The Dangers of Inhalants

In the Spring 2009 issue of AAMC Magazine, we highlighted the story of Janna Zuber, a Mitchellville resident who lost her son Justin to “sudden sniffing death syndrome,” a condition that can occur on the first, fifth, tenth, or hundreth time someone abuses an inhalant – a practice known as “huffing.”

Janna’s story calls attention to a problem outlined a recently-released report by the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, released on March 16, 2009. While the study highlights some positive trends in the rate of adolescent inhalant use, the study also exposes the dangers of inhalants.

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