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Pasek says that transplant nurses are called on to provide an assortment of services and resources to today’s BMT recipients. Non-Cancer Diagnoses That May Benefit From Stem Cell Use Degenerative Diseases • Parkinson disease • Alzheimer disease • Retinal degeneration • Muscular dystrophy • Degenerative heart diseases • Stroke • Spinal injuries • Degenerative liver diseases Autoimmune Diseases • Type I diabetes mellitus • Crohn disease • Systemic sclerosis • Multiple sclerosis • Rheumatoid arthritis • Juvenile idiopathic arthritis • Systemic lupus erythematosus • Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy • Myasthenia gravis • Immune cytopenias post-transplant. Needing to stay close, and the costs involved, can be a complex issue for patients,” she adds. Such challenges can be eased by “facilities such as the Ronald McDonald House, hospital-leased apartments, and the soon-to-open Hope Lodge, which we are fortunate to have nearby,” Parran says. Nursing’s role in Transplantation As many more transplants are performed and multiple variations of BMT have been extended to patients from birth to into their 70s, the myriad issues have grown as well. Therefore, transplant centers such as these offer what Pasek describes as “a patchwork quilt of services and resources” pieced carefully together to meet each patient’s needs. Depending on the center a patient accesses, services that make up that “quilt” may include nurse coordinators, financial coordinators, social workers, chaplains, resource specialists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, child family life specialists, physical therapists, and occupational therapists, in addition to physicians and nurses. Pasek stresses, however, that “no matter the resources available, the transplant nurse is the lynchpin in trying to keep it real and holistic in this new age of BMT.” ✱ Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (n.d.). Advances in patient care and research at Dana-Farber. Retrieved December 13, 2007, from http://www .dana-farber.org/abo/history/advances/default .html Endres, N. (March 7, 2006; updated March 22). U marks 30th anniversary of world’s first successful bone marrow transplant. UMNnews: 30 Years of Hope. Retrieved September 2, 2007, from http://www1.umn.edu/umnnews/Feature_ Stories/30_years_of_hope.html Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. (2007). FAQs: History of transplantation. Retrieved December 6, 2007, from http://www.fhcrc.org/ science/clinical/ltfu/faqs/transplantation.html Contributing Editor Robin M. Lally, PhD, RN, BA, AOCN ®, CNS, is a research assistant professor in the School of Nursing at the State University of New York at Buffalo. 14 ONS CONNECT March 2008 http://www.dana-farber.org/abo/history/advances/default.html http://www.dana-farber.org/abo/history/advances/default.html http://www.dana-farber.org/abo/history/advances/default.html http://www1.umn.edu/umnnews/Feature_Stories/30_years_of_hope.html http://www1.umn.edu/umnnews/Feature_Stories/30_years_of_hope.html http://www.fhcrc.org/science/clinical/ltfu/faqs/transplantation.html http://www.fhcrc.org/science/clinical/ltfu/faqs/transplantation.html

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