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Free H1N1 Swine Flu Patient Handouts

In response to the growing concern about the H1N1 (Swine) flu epidemic and in conjunction with our partner Lippincott's NursingCenter.com, we have developed a free educational handout for health professionals to use to help explain the H1N1 virus to patients.

Written by NursingCenter.com's clinical editor, Lisa Morris Bonsall MSN, RN, CRNP, and utilizing the Anatomical Chart Company's vivid images, this handout is designed to provide simple textual and visu… Continue

Developmental delay is a descriptive term, not a specific diagnosis, comprising many disorders and encompassing a broad category of etiologies.

The term describes any situation where a child is not meeting age-appropriate milestones as expected in 1 or more streams of development. These streams of development include gross motor, fine motor, receptive and expressive language, adaptive, and social.

The key feature is that the rate of progress has been slow over time in the area(s) of del… Continue