Editorial

How SLPs Can Collaborate with Parents: 10 Strategies for Success

As a speech-language therapist (SLP) working with children, you teach each child valuable skills and give them time for supervised practice. But depending on your work setting, you might have only one hour per week with each child. By contrast, parents are able to engage their child in meaningful and relevant activities in their natural

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10 Do’s and Don’ts for Maintaining Good Vocal Health

Maintaining good vocal health and hygiene is a goal we should all aspire to—even if we don’t sing or speak for a living. The vocal folds (“vocal cords”) are a muscular body with a mucosal cover.  When we force air through these structures, they vibrate, producing sound. The vocal folds are located inside the larynx,

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Signs of Human Trafficking and How Nurses Can Intervene

Identify Signs of Human Trafficking in Our Continuing Education Seminar “I was working in the ER,” remembers Amy Herrington, DNP, CEN, CNE. “We had a farmer come in with migrant workers, all of whom had green tobacco sickness, a kind of nicotine poisoning from wet tobacco absorbed through the skin. They were in the ER

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Families of Pride

Cynthia Miles is a new DNP student at USAHS. She works in the NICU at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital in Woodbridge, Virginia. “I’ve felt more welcome and at home at USA over the last couple weeks than I did over the last 5 years of my education journey to my MSN,” Miles said. She’s been impressed

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Dr. Jose Rafols Finds Peace with Unique Hobby: Sub-Tropical Fruit Farming

It has been commonly reported by scholars and experts that there are both mental and physical benefits for people who enjoy a hobby outside of their primary professional roles. In a recent Harvard Business Review article, a group of researchers identified dozens of successful CEOs at Fortune 500 companies who said that their professional performance

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USAHS Employee Frank Bennett Lives to Serve

As part of University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences’ dedication to community service, it allows employees to take up to three, paid days off per year to do community service. Academic advisor Frank Bennett dedicates those three days, plus every one of his vacation days, to humanitarian aid efforts for natural disaster victims and

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Making the Most of Opportunities to be a Leader in Athletic Training

Contributing faculty member Chuck Kimmel, MA, LAT, ATC, is past president of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA), which is honoring him with the 2018 Eve Becker-Doyle Leadership Award. He teaches Leadership in Athletic Training in the Master of Health Science program. How Can Volunteering in Athletic Training Help Your Career? Athletic training is a

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Preventing and Preparing for Catastrophic Athletic Training Injuries

By Rick Bahr, BS, NREMT, founder, president, and CEO of WMI Global, LLC, which provides risk management, safety, emergency/sports medical, and rescue services to clients around the world, including Nitro Circus, Red Bull, and Union Cycliste Internationale. He is a contributing faculty member in the Master of Health Science with a specialization in Athletic Training

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Core Exercises for Runners that Prevent Running Injuries

An avid runner with a marathon personal best of 2:46 set in Boston, physical therapist Steve Vighetti, MPT, MTC, FAAOMPT, CSCS, is a faculty member who teaches Running Rehabilitation continuing education seminars and in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program. He also works with runners and other athletes at his practice in St. Augustine, Florida.

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What Can Athletic Trainers Do with an EdD?

By Jeremy Howard ’17, a Certified Athletic Trainer at Ave Maria University and adjunct professor in the Athletic Training program and Florida Gulf Coast University I began my career as an athletic trainer, working on interprofessional healthcare teams to create customized treatment and rehabilitation programs for athletes. But I always knew I was going to

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