May 16, 2008 - 12:00 PM
Location:
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center
4950 Essen Lane
Topic: Allied Health Cancer Grand Rounds: "Exercise and Wellness Program for Cancer Patients"
Speakers:
Millie Chapman Pixley, BSN, RN
Divisional Director of Nursing
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
Timothy Church, MD, MPH, PhD
Director of Preventative Medicine
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
•Identify how stress management can enhance the immune function •Identify why stress management is important to health •Identify how imagery can have an overall impact on health and well being •Utilize techniques, such as deep breathing, relaxation, medication and guided imagery to manage and reduce stress •Describe the role of physical activity in the prevention and treatment of chronic disease •Understand a basic physical activity prescription for a sedentary patient that would like to become more active •Understand a basic physical activity prescription for an overweight patient that is interested in losing weight