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Acute Adult Spine

Teri Holwerda, MSN, RN, ONC, APRN-BC
Advanced Practice Nurse, Spine and Neuroscience
Saint Mary's Health Care Neurosurgery
Grand Rapids, MI
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Last Updated: 06/01/2004

Mary Rodts, DNP, CNP, ONC, FAAN

The care of the Adult Spine patient is complex and can be difficult to understand. All spine surgery is not the same and the complex procedures are often misunderstood by some healthcare providers, case managers, and insurance companies. Ms. Holwerda has organized this topic into logical sections for review with current information. Most importantly, the wide variety of management issues are also discussed.