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"Nursing Practice in Multiple Sclerosis
A Core Curriculum
Editors:
Kathleen Costello, RN, MS, CRNP, MSCN
June Halper, MSCN, ANP, FAAN
Colleen Harris, RN, MN, MSCN"

"This core curriculum was developed for use by all nurses preparing to take the certification examination in MS nursing given under the auspices of the International Organization of Multiple Sclerosis Nurses (IOMSN),
whose mission is to establish and perpetuate a specialized branch of nursing in multiple sclerosis;
to establish standards of nursing care in multiple sclerosis;
to support multiple sclerosis nursing research;
to educate the health care community about the disease;
and to disseminate this knowledge throughout the world.

It summarizes in outline form the basic concepts of multiple sclerosis and MS nursing.
It has been developed to be a companion to Halper/Holland, Comprehensive Nursing Care in Multiple Sclerosis, 2nd Edition and Halper's, Advanced Concepts in Multiple Sclerosis Nursing Care.

Each chapter provides relevant information as well as references for further study.

Readers will learn about the history of MS,
as well as the current theories regarding the immunologic basis for the disease.

Pharmacologic strategies that include treatment for acute attacks,
immunomodulating therapies,
and symptomatic therapies are discussed, as are nonpharmacologic interventions."

"122 pages with answers to certification questions, spiral paperback.
Copyright 2003 by Demos Medical Publishing.
Printed in Canada.
Preface by Kathleen Costello."

"Dedication
THIS WORK IS DEDICATED TO ALL OF OUR MS PATIENTS AND FAMILIES
who have taugh us the meaning of strength and hope in the face of adversity,
and to our MS team throughout the world.

In memory of Morris Halper, M.D., whose spirit lives on in the work of June Halper."
[from the book]