National Cancer Prevention Month is another cancer awareness month devoted to raising awareness about cancer and possible ways to prevent it. The goal is to decrease the number of deaths from cancer and provide education about lifestyle choices people can make to help reduce their chances of developing cancer. The American Institute for Cancer Research recommends the following considerations for lowering your personal cancer risk: Limit…
When I stumbled upon this study through an online search I was completing for a completely unrelated topic, I asked myself … why wouldn’t you want to take part in a study that could significantly reduce or possibly end one of the world’s most prevalent causes of death? The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) in conjunction with the American Heart Association would appreciate your participation…
Stephanie Scruggs, RN, BSN, SCR is a Validation Manager for the Registry Partners Quality Division, Clinical Registry Services. Stephanie’s work experience includes serving as a NSQIP Surgical Clinical Reviewer for North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS where she started the first NSQIP site in the state of Mississippi. Stephanie has also held positions such as: PACU Nurse, Pre/Post-Op Nurse, OR/Circulating Nurse and Nurse Manager,…
Karen Wade, RN, CPN – I started with Registry Partners in 2016 as a part time Virtual PICU Systems (VPS) pediatric clinical data abstractor in order to earn extra income. I have been a pediatric/pediatric critical care nurse for 30 years and decided to leave patient care after experiencing burnout. In early 2015 I accepted a position in my hospital’s Quality Management department. It was there…
