Evaluation of Patient Expectations and Outcomes after Distal Radius Fractures.

Background: Patient expectations influence patient-reported outcomes after musculoskeletal injuries. The goal of this study is to determine how pretreatment expectations correlate with outcomes in patients with distal radius fractures.

Methods: Seventy-five patients with an isolated distal radius fracture were prospectively enrolled into nonoperative and operative cohorts.

Ground Zero recollections of US Public Health Service nurses deployed to New York City in September 2001.

The events of September 11, 2001, set in motion the broadest emergency response ever conducted by the US Department of Health and Human Services. In this article, some of the nurses who deployed to New York City in the aftermath of that horrific attack on the United States offer their recollections of the events. Although Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHS CC) officers participated in deployments before 9/11, this particular deployment accelerated the transformation of the PHS CC, because people came to realize the tremendous potential of a uniformed service of 6,000 health care professionals.