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AllergyNursing.com is provided by Lois Turley RN, a Registered Nurse who became involved in the field of Allergy Nursing near the Arkansas/Oklahoma border in 1991. The humid climate of this area, along with the large variety of plants, makes it a "crosswinds" of pollen activity from early spring to late fall.
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Lois has a unique distinction in that she has worked for both a Board Certified Allergist and a Board Certified Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) Surgeon specializing in Allergy. The Board Certified Allergist's testing and treatment methods differ from those of the Board Certified ENT Allergy Specialist. Lois has several years experience in both areas, giving her a much broader scope than she could develop in one specialty.
Lois trained in the field of Allergy under the supervision of John P. Lavery, M.D., a Board Certified Allergist and Rheumatologist. Lois worked for Dr. Lavery until he moved to the Ft. Worth area four years later. She then broadened her general knowledge of medicine by working for an Internal Medicine specialist as well as on the Post Surgical unit of a local hospital.
In 1998, Michael A. Marsh, M.D., a Board Certified ENT Surgeon and Allergy Specialist, asked if she would accept the position of Allergy Coordinator in his Allergy Clinic. Lois accepted the position and completed a Basic Course in Otolaryngic Allergy at Hilton Head, South Carolina. This course, sponsored by the American Academy of Otolarygic Allergy, trained her in the allergy testing and treatment methods used by ENT Specialists.
Lois was faced with quite a challenge when she returned from the course. The Allergy Clinic had previously been managed by a Board Certified Allergist and his treatment methods would be continued for patients currently receiving allergy injections. The new methods would be incorporated for new patients. Some patients eventually received injections from both methods as new allergens were added to their treatment.
Lois set up and managed the Allergy Clinic under Dr. Marsh's leadership. She mixed extracts for injections and testing, adjusted dosages, provided allergy education for patients and personel, and answered questions.
One of Lois' fondest memories is attending the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology conference in New York in 1991. She sat under the teaching some of the top Allergists in the U.S. during this week long conference and a highlight was seeing live dust mites with the help of an electron microscope.
Since then she has attended numerous Allergy and Asthma conferences sponsored by the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy (AAOA), American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI), and the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI), and other organizations.
From December, 1998 until June 15, 2007, Lois worked as Allergy Nursing Director for the ENT Allergy Department of (initially) Holt Krock Clinic, which became Arkansas Center for Ear, Nose, Throat and Allergy. She has many good memories of her work there. Because of ongoing health problems, it became increasingly difficult for Lois to keep up the responsibilities of the job. In March of 2007, her employer felt it best to find a replacement for her. Lois was thankful to be given the opportunity to stay for an extended period of time to train her replacement.
By the turn of the century, many people were looking on the web for reliable and easily understood information about allergies. It was hard to find. Nurses are often the best qualified to meet such a need. Physicians rely on their nurses to explain further to patients the things the physician told them.
In 2001, Lois started AllergyNursing.com to meet that need. Lois published her first Allergy Nursing Newsletter on June 11, 2001. Material for the newsletters was based on real live questions you were asking. Newsletters are not currently being published, but you can read all the info Lois shared in the Newsletters at our Allergy Relief and Allergy Questions archives.
Many of you asked where to find the best climates for allergy sufferers. Again, Lois listened to you. She started an interactive Allergy Climates and Seasons blog in July of 2005, to meet this need. Allergy Climates and Seasons has become one of our most popular features.
From the beginning, Lois sought to comply with or exceed legal and ethical standards as they were being developed for medical websites. In September of 2001, AllergyNursing.com was honored with the privilege of placing the Health On the Net (HONCode) identification active logo on the AllergyNursing.com website.
In 2001 and 2002, Consumers International, Consumer WebWatch, and other qualified groups conducted studies and published reports evaluating websites that provide health information. In one report, evaluating more than 460 websites, at least half of those evaluated failed to meet the quality criteria by which they were evaluated.
Determined to be a pace setter in the quest for reliable medical information on the web, Lois established her Standard of Excellence in November of 2002. Although she will be sharing as a former Allergy Nurse now, Lois plans to keep abreast of new developments in the field through continuing education. Our plans are to continue the proud tradition that you have come to expect from AllergyNursing.com -- that of providing quality and dependable healthcare information for allergy sufferers.
See our Standard of Excellence here.
This page updated July 16, 2007 by Lois Turley, RN
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