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Navy Capt. (Dr.) Scott Pyne sees March’s Brain Injury Awareness Month as an opportunity to highlight what the Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence does all year long.
Nonprofit helps those with brain injuries remain active
Updated Mar 11, 2021;
Posted Mar 11, 2021
Sara Kyser is vice president of Acquired Brain Injury Programs for the Mental Health Association, a nonprofit that serves the Greater Springfield Area.
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MHA provides residential and day programs for those who have been impacted by a severe brain injury, and were assessed by a skilled nursing facility for state referral to such programs. The brain controls body functions so this impact may mean issues with communication, muscle coordination, irritability among the physical, cognitive and behavioral changes seen, that could be temporary or permanent, depending on the cause.
Look to the Stars
March 10, 2021
Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan presented the “Tracy Morgan Award for Excellence in Rehabilitation Nursing” to a nurse who has been working to heal patients with brain injuries for more than two decades.
In an emotional, virtual event to recognize Brain Injury Awareness Month, Morgan congratulated Patricia Bosompem, RN, CRRN, on being this year’s recipient. Bosompem is an experienced brain injury nurse at Hackensack Meridian JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute.
“Congratulations Patricia and thank you for all you do for patients. Thank God for you and nurses like you,” Morgan said. “You all told me, ‘Trust in the doctors, trust in the nurses, trust in the process and you will get better.’ You trust and you can get better.”