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Hospice in Great Britain has the sunflower for their icon. We have also chosen the sunflower as the symbol for our local group. Sunflowers focus on sunlight for stamina and strength, thrive in adverse growing conditions, and develop deep roots and strong stalks to withstand the elements. These qualities could also describe a Hospice nurse.
 A Prayer for America
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Here are web sites of organizations that provide Disaster Relief. Please consider making a contribution to one of them.
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Medscape Alelrt Center |
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On February 6, 2009, the FDA sent letters to 24 manufacturers of opioid analgesics (both long and short-acting) to let them know that that they would be required to develop a comprehensive Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) plans. According to the FDA, the purpose of the REMS would be to ensure that the benefits of the drugs continue to outweigh the risks (misuse, abuse and accidental overdose). The REMS process could include a variety requirements for each step of the process -manufacturing, distribution, prescribing, etc. Additional requirements, such as labeling, education, registration, and certification, all add potential restrictions and delays in accessing vital pain medications. As a current member of HPNA, we recommend you send an email or a short letter to the FDA offering your opinions, comments, and/or recommendations regarding the efforts to develop and implement Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies for opioid medications. (See FDA Announcement below for submission information). The FDA will accept your written or electronically submitted comments until June 30, 2009. |
Officers for 2009:
President: Yvonne Blevins |
Vice President: Claire Gibson |
Treasurer:Susan Harvey |
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Pacemakers / AIDC in Hospice / Palliative Care patients October 13, 2009 |
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At the Edge of Life: Life and Death in 21st Century Medicine 5 part series on Palliative Care in the Dallas Morning News
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Print out our Hospice 102 crossword puzzle, designed by Lorna Bell, RN, CHPN.
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Our photos from the January 2003 meeting
See our new/renewed (September 2002) CHPNs !
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See our new/renewed (March 2003) CHPNs ! 
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 Our photos from the January 2004 meeting See our new/renewed (September 2003) CHPNs ! |
 Our photos from the December 2004 meeting: A Silver Box Celebration See our new/renewed 2004 CHPNs & CHPLNs ! |
 Check out our photos from the December 2005 dinner. |
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Are you interested in finding out more about Hospice and Palliative care, and live in the Dallas Area? This is your chance to get in on the ground floor of a new Chapter. They meet on the 2nd Thursday of each month @ 6 pm. Meeting location is the Internal Medicine Training Room @ Presbyterian Hospital (Dallas) on Walnut Hill Lane. So plan to meet your fellow Dallas-area hospice nurses. Contact Sandi Hebley at [email protected] Dallas HPNA Chapter Website |
Race for the Cure
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Tarrant County Race for the Cure is Saturday April 11, 2009.
Join us to honor patients, friends, and family members. Participating in the walk is an experience you will not forget. Links to photos from the 2009 Race for the Cure |
Walk to Break the Silence
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Join us on Saturday September 26, 2009, as we Walk to Break the Silence, to benefit ovarian cancer awareness and education.
Join us to honor patients, friends, and family members.
Participating in the walk is an experience you will not forget.
DFW National Ovarian Cancer Coalition's website |
Death in Familiar Places a Fort Worth (Texas) Weekly article about a hospice patient cared for by one of our members.
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| Membership information | National HPNA membership form | Newsletter Archive |
| Hospice Links | Oncology Links | Geriatrics Links | Pain Links |
| Educational Links | Other Sites of Interest | Humor Links | Hospice Pharmacia-- self-study programs |
Other local nursing organizations
| Fort Worth Chapter Oncology Nursing Society Meetings on 1st Monday of the month Links to other Oncology sites |
Dallas Area Chapter Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association Meetings on 2nd Thursday of the month at Presbyterian Hospital |
North Texas Chapter Association of Pain Management Nurses They meet on the 4th Thursday every month except December and March. |
| Texas Nurses Association District 4 |
Texas Nurses Association District 3 |
South Central Region Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society |
| Tarrant Chapter Emergency Nurses Association |
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