Nurses on 5 Anderson care for many patients, both
researching similar programs already in existence
pre and post-operatively, who are facing the loss of
around the country, and within other departments
a limb. Emily Moody was aware of the deep sense
at UNC Hospitals, Emily worked closely with Jill
of loss many of these patients were experiencing
Barum from the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
and wanted to find a way
Department to identify and train a group of mentors –
to meet their emotional
individuals who have also lost a limb and want to visit
needs, so she created the
with amputee patients to share real-life stories while
peer mentoring program
providing hope, and sometimes just listening.
for amputee patients. After
EXEMPLARY PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
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