ARTICLES & SLIDE PRESENTATIONS (CLICK ON EACH TOPIC)

• COGNITIVE REMEDIATION

• DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

   ° A Neurological Change: Is It PNS or CNS?
   ° Clinically Isolated Syndrome
   ° Disease Progression
   

• DMAs (Disease Modifying Agents)

• FAMILY / CAREGIVER ISSUES

• IMMUNOLOGY OF MS
  ° Molecule – Osteopontin - Linked to Autoimmune Disease Relapses (Click Here)
  ° Multiple Sclerosis: Disease Overview & Current Management Strategies (Click Here)
  ° Multiple Sclerosis: Disease & Therapy Overview (Click Here)
  ° 2003 IOMSN Meeting Slide Presentations (Click Here)
  ° 2002 North American MS Nurse Advisory Meeting (Click Here)

• MEDICATIONS IN MS
   Pharmacology in MS - Advanced Practice Management
   Disease Modifying Agents - Available SQ, IM & IV formulation of treatments for MS
   US FDA approves Extavia® – the first in a new portfolio of planned MS therapies from
   Novartis to help patients with this devastating disease.

• MS NURSING

   ° Impact of Warm Compresses on Local Injection-Site Reactions with Self-Administered
     Glatiramer Acetate
   ° A Global Success Story by Linda Morgante
   ° Highlights and Key Slides From APN in MS: Advanced Skills, Advancing Responsibilities

• PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF MS

• PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES

• REHABILITATION

• SYMPTOMS MANAGEMENT

   Affect;Euphoria                      
   Balance Issues                        
   Bladder Problems                      
   Bowel Issues                           
   Cognitive Issues                                            
   Coordination Issues                                        
   Dizziness, Vertigo                                           
   Fatigue: (Aerobic Exercises Improve Fatigue)
   Itch                                      
   Laughter                                
   Lhermitte                                
   Mood Disorders: Depression
   Numbness
   Psychiatric Diseases (bipolar)
   Seizures
   Sexual Problems
   Speech Problems
   Swallowing Issues
   Tingling, Pins/Needle Sensation
   Tremors
   Urinary Incontinence
   Vision Problems
   Weakness

• VOCATIONAL ISSUES

• OTHER RESOURCES

   MS Neurological Screening Questionnaire (MSNQ) by Ralph Benedict   
   This questionnaire when completed by either a patient to an individual well-acquainted
   with the patient's neuropsychological status, is an effective screening tool to identify
   cognitive dysfunction in the clinical setting. The MSNQ should not replace formal
   neuropsychology evaluation, but rather be used to identify people likely to have
   impairments.

   FINNISH TRANSLATION OF THE CORE CURRICULUM BOOK by June Halper, MSCN, ANP, FAAN
    Kathleen Costello, RN, MS, CRNP, MSCN · Colleen Harris, RN, MN, MSCN

    IOMSN would like to thank Demos Medical Publishing for providing us with the rights to
    translate this book to assist MS nurses in Finland.