Newswise — In response to the growing concern about the H1N1 (swine) flu pandemic, Anatomical Chart Company (ACC) and Lippincott’s NursingCenter.com offer a free teaching aid to help healthcare practitioners explain the H1N1 virus to their patients. The highly visual color handout is available as a free download in English and Spanish at http://www.anatomical.com/swineflu and www.nursingcenter.com/h1n1handout. ACC and Lippincott’s NursingCenter.com are part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, and pharmacy.
In April of 2009, the H1N1 influenza virus was first detected in the United States. Two months later a pandemic was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO). Over the past five months, Lippincott's NursingCenter.com has been keeping nurses informed about the development of this infection, including its spread in the U.S. and internationally, treatment recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, vaccine development, and guidelines for the care of specific patient populations.
Lippincott’s NursingCenter.com’s clinical editor Lisa Morris Bonsall MSN, RN, CRNP created the teaching aid using the Anatomical Chart Company’s vivid images to provide simple textual and visual information for clinicians and health educators to give to their patients. The handout will help patients learn the facts, including signs and symptoms, how the infection spreads, treatment options, and prevention methods for H1N1. The free educational handout is available in English and Spanish.
Lippincott’s NursingCenter.com provides over 1,100 peer-reviewed continuing education activities and free access to 11,000 articles from more than 50 leading nursing journals. Created by nurses, for nurses, Lippincott’s NursingCenter.com is the premier destination site for online nursing continuing education and peer reviewed content.
ACC is the premier provider of high-quality anatomical wall charts and related products for the human health markets.
To download the free handout go to http://www.anatomical.com/swineflu or www.nursingcenter.com/h1n1handout.
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