Nurses at L.E. Phillips Libertas Treatment Center Manage Detoxification and Help Patients Begin Their 12-step Journey Toward Recovery

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Nurses at L.E. Phillips Libertas manage detoxification and help patients begin their 12-step journey toward recovery. They assess and evaluate vital signs and electrolyte levels, and watch for seizure activity.

“Addictions are all consuming,” said Catherine (Kitty) Kromrie, RN, BSN, a treatment nurse at the L.E. Phillips Libertas Treatment Center at St. Joseph's Hospital in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. “They consume a person’s life and to help someone get their whole life back together again is rewarding.”


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