There are many valid indications for providing home visits to posthysterectomy clients. In-home assessment of the client's status permits immediate care or referrals and saves unnecessary acute care visits to emergency rooms and physicians' offices. Nursing interventions have identified holistic healthcare needs and prevented other problems from developing. Assisting the clients in developing their problem-solving abilities enhances the goal of return to self-care during the immediate postoperative follow-up and afterward. Finally, the vital role the clinical nurse specialists can play in the healthcare system is more clearly established for these consumers of care.

Community Health Nursing↗

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Rhabdomyosarcoma of the infratemporal fossa.

The outlook for children suffering from this most common soft tissue sarcoma is vastly better today than it was 15 years ago, when fewer than 20 percent of its victims survived. Continuing advances in treatment should increase survival rates even more in the future.

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Central neurilemoma (schwannoma) of the mandible.

The following case report describes the unusual occurrence of a central neurilemoma of the mandible. The lesion presented as a large bilocular, radiolucency of the mandibular body and was discovered incidentally on routine panoramic examination. It was successfully treated by enucleation and curettage. A brief review of neurilemoma is also presented.

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