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Swallow Your Pride Podcast

024 – Brenda Arend, MA, CCC-SLP – The Dueling Banjos of Dysphagia: Why Didn’t My Patient Get a Swallow Study at the Hospital and What Can Be Done About It?

Swallow Your Pride Podcast

Theresa Richard, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S

Health & Fitness, Careers, Education, Business, Medicine

4.8899 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Tune in as we discuss the roadblocks that both acute care *AND* SNF SLPs face, and how we can build that bridge to boost continuity of care with special guest Brenda Arend, M.A., CCC-SLP.

The post 024 – Brenda Arend, MA, CCC-SLP – The Dueling Banjos of Dysphagia: Why Didn’t My Patient Get a Swallow Study at the Hospital and What Can Be Done About It? appeared first on Swallow Your Pride Podcast.

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0:00.0

You are listening to episode 24 of the Swallier Pride podcast and today my guest

0:06.4

and I will be the dueling banjos of dysphasia. She is an experienced

0:11.0

acute care clinician and I have experience in skilled nursing.

0:14.7

So we will be discussing why our patients don't always get instrumentals before they leave

0:18.6

the hospital and what can we do about it?

0:21.4

My guest today is Brenda Arran.

0:24.2

She attended Washington State University and has almost 30 years of experience working in a wide

0:29.5

variety of settings with both pediatrics and adults. She was a member and panel chair of the Western

0:35.2

Institutional Review Board, the WIRB, for 12 years. Currently she works in the acute care setting

0:41.6

at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, Washington, and also serves on the hospital ethics board.

0:47.8

She is the owner of Puget Sound Swallow Diagnostics, providing mobile fees services to the greater Puget Sound region of

0:54.2

Washington State. Brenda has particular interests in dysphagia ethics and

0:58.6

end-of-life care.

0:59.6

Welcome to the Swallow Your Pride Podcast. I'm your host Teresa Richard. I'm a board certified specialist in

1:07.1

Swallowing and Swallowing disorders. And I know firsthand how much confusing and conflicting

1:12.1

information there is out there about how we

1:14.0

assess and treat swallowing disorders.

1:16.8

This podcast is all about bringing everyone together, getting on the same page, being open to

1:21.6

new ideas, and using evidence-based treatment strategies for our

1:24.9

patients with dysphagia. So let's get into it.

1:31.8

Hello everyone, happy January. I feel like this is the time in January when everyone starts to get super

1:38.3

annoyed with this weather, but if you live in a tropical place, send me some sun or some wine, but here in, where do I live?

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