In a story about increased use of simulation in nursing education, Franny White says that while the OHSU School of Nursing briefly switched to virtual learning early in the pandemic, it has largely returned to its normal mix of lecture, clinical experiences and simulation experiences.

Zahi Mitri, M.D., OHSU, highlights new avenues of treatment harnessing the body’s immune system, saying, “Adding immunotherapy to chemotherapy, the proportion of people we can cure has gone up.”

Kerri Winters-Stone, Ph.D., describes how medical knowledge has progressed about exercise for patients going through treatment: “We are proving it can help people go through treatment and recovery as well as help people prevent the cancer from coming back.”

Susan Hedlund, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., OHSU, says art therapy is “an option for people who are less verbal in terms of expression themselves and also allows them to create things of beautify."

While describing how OHSU has simplified its financial assistance application process for patients, Kristi Cushman says: “We’re here to take care of people. We’re not here to have people worry about their medical bills."

While describing how OHSU has simplified its financial assistance application process for patients, Kristi Cushman says: “We’re here to take care of people. We’re not here to have people worry about their medical bills."

While describing how OHSU has simplified its financial assistance application process for patients, Kristi Cushman says: “We’re here to take care of people. We’re not here to have people worry about their medical bills.”

While discussing a study that found a drowning child’s chance of survival without long-term impacts greatly increases when a bystander attempts to rescue them, Benjamin Hoffman, M.D., says the act of intervening “likely impacts the duration of the submersion" and "clearly makes a difference."

The Oct. 7 forecast from OHSU's Peter Graven, Ph.D., shows Oregon hospitals will continue to remain extremely full well into December: “We’re in a moment right now where we’re going to see what happens as fatigue sets in.

In a story about people seeking emergency medical care after consuming marijuana products that were labeled cannabidiol but instead were tetrahydrocannabinol, Robert Hendrickson, M.D., says increasing THC dose levels can lead to “dysphoric effects,” although effects can vary considerably between individuals.