New Orleans & San Antonio
"Anything that Benefits our Patients Make Nurses Feel Rewarded"
Karen Gilbert, center, cares for one of her epilepsy patients.
Karen Gilbert, MS, APRN, Nurse Practitioner for the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Epilepsy Program, has led a multidisciplinary research project to help epilepsy patients endure the surgery they often go through to control their seizures. Using hypnotherapy and relaxation techniques for one treatment group and no interventions for a control group, the research team found that hypnotherapy significantly reduced anxiety and the need for pain medication.
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This research has been garnering national attention. Karen and her colleagues have presented their findings to the American Epilepsy Society at their annual conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, and the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses conference in San Antonio, Texas. And epilepsy treatment groups from around the country have expressed interest in continuing this type of research.
