64 | www.Ups tatePhys i c i ansSC . com | www.Hea l thL i nksUps tate. com T H E P U L S E O N UPSTATE NURSES HealthLinks Upstate has partnered with KUDZU MEDICAL STAFFING to highlight some of the Upstate’s top nurses. In honor of National Nurses Week, which is celebrated in May, we wanted to share some great social media posts in honor of nurses from some of our Upstate hospitals. We really appreciate all that nurses do for us. Thank you and Happy Nurses Week 2022! Please like their Facebook pages for more posts like these! PRISMA HEALTH - FEBRUARY 10 “Congratulations to Prisma Health Neurology Chair Dr. Souvik Sen and his research colleagues! They were invited to present their research findings at the American Stroke Association International Stroke Conference in New Orleans. Dr. Sen's recent project, ‘LB3 - Periodontal Treatment to Eliminate Minority Inequality and Rural Disparities in Stroke,’ addresses teeth and gum disease as a risk factor for stroke and myocardial infarction and suggests that preventive dental care and timely treatment can reduce risk significantly. Aquilla S. Turk, DO, presented ‘Image Guided Diagnosis, Intervention and Mobile Stroke Units for Stroke’; Shanika Shepherd, family nurse practitioner, presented ‘Tele proctoring of Rural Stroke Patients with an advanced Nurse Practitioner’; Makenzie Logue, clinical research coordinator, presented ‘Association of Adiposity with Intracranial Atherosclerosis’; and medical student Chylee Martin presented ‘Racial Differences in Small Vessel Disease Measured in MRI of Stroke/TIA Patients.'" #prismahealthneuroscience #ISC22 SPARTANBURG REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM CAREERS - JANUARY 27 “Nurses at Spartanburg Medical Center take part in training exercises as instructors coach them. In health care, education is ongoing. … nurses are always refreshing old skills and learning new ones!" www.SpartanburgRegional.com/careers #nursing #nurselife #careers BON SECOURS ST. FRANCIS HEALTH SYSTEM - JANUARY 30 “We’re proud to tell the stories of our amazing nurses at Bon Secours, where nurses mean the world. Susana Hernandez, RN, BSN, community wellness nurse for the Bon Secours St. Francis Health System in Greenville, has been able to use her bilingual skills to help many Spanish-speaking patients in the community. ‘It is a blessing to be a community nurse at Bon Secours,’ Susana said." #ProudToBeANurse
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