MS Essentials Tips Sheets | MSology

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The MS Essentials series has been developed to help people affected by MS remain active and informed. Essential Tips provide 1-page summaries of key issues and topics, so you have a quick, easily accessible source of information. All of the Tips Sheets are developed by nurses specializing in MS care to provide readers with practical information they can use in their daily lives.


Essential Tips Sheets

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Preparing for your telephone visit

Developed by Bonnie Blain, RN, MSCN, MS Clinic, Red Deer, Alberta; and Jill Nelson, RN, BScN, MSCN, MS Clinic, Burnaby, British Columbia



When should I call my family doctor?

Developed by Sheryl Clarke, RN, BScN, MEd, MS Clinic, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario; and Colleen Harris, MN, NP, MSCN, University of Calgary Multiple Sclerosis Clinic, Calgary, Alberta



Is my treatment working?

Developed by Peggy Cook, MS Clinic, Saint John Regional Hospital, Saint John, New Brunswick; and Shirley MacGowan, Nurse Educator, SK MS Drugs Program, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan



PML

Developed by Sheryl Clarke, RN, BScN, MEd, MS Clinic, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON; Jill Nelson, RN, BScN, MSCN, MS Clinic, Burnaby, BC; and Josée Poirier, B.Sc., MSCN, Montreal, QC



COVID-19

Developed by Janet Brown, RN, MSCN, MS Clinic, St. John’s, NL and Peggy Cook, RN/BN, MS Clinic, Saint John Regional Hospital, Saint John, NB


Cannabis and Multiple Sclerosis

Developed by Janet Brown, RN, MSCN, MS Clinic, St. John’s, NL and Peggy Cook, RN/BN, MS Clinic, Saint John Regional Hospital, Saint John, NB


Exercise & Multiple Sclerosis

Developed by Sheryl Clarke, RN, BScN, MEd., MS Clinic, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON and Shirley MacGowan, RN, MSCN, MS Clinic, Saskatoon City Hospital, Saskatoon, SK


Liver Health and Multiple Sclerosis

Developed by Colleen Harris, MN, NP, MSCN, University of Calgary Multiple Sclerosis Clinic, Calgary AB and Lynn McEwan, MScN, NP, MSCN, CNNc, MS Clinic, London Health Sciences Centre, London ON


Monitoring Drug Safety and Multiple Sclerosis

Developed by Bonnie Blain, RN, MSCN, MS Clinic, Red Deer, AB and Jill Nelson, RN, BScN, MSCN, MS Clinic, Burnaby, BC


Sleep & Multiple Sclerosis

Developed by Naomi Akazawa, BScN, MSCN, MS Clinic, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON and Josée Poirier, Clinical nurse, B.Sc., MSCN, MS Clinic, CR CHUM, Montreal, QC


Understanding Optic Neuritis in Multiple Sclerosis

Developed by Josée Poirier, MS Clinic, CR CHUM, Montreal QC; and Sheryl Clarke, MS Clinic, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario


Preparing for Your Visit to the MS Clinic

Developed by Peggy Cook, MS Clinic, Saint John Regional Hospital, Saint John, New Brunswick; and Janet Brown, MS Clinic, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador


Recognizing an MS Relapse

Developed by Shirley MacGowan, MS Clinic, Saskatoon City Hospital, Saskatoon; Saskatchewan; and Bonnie Blain, MS Clinic, MS clinic, Red Deer, Alberta


Vaccination & Multiple Sclerosis

Developed by Colleen Harris, University of Calgary MS Clinic, Calgary, Alberta; and Lynn McEwan, MS Clinic, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario


Starting a Medication for Multiple Sclerosis

Tips on what you need to do before beginning treatment


Changing Your Multiple Sclerosis Medication

Tips on what you need to do before switching from one treatment to another