Mountain Metabolics: Jade Hill RN, Telemetry Nurse

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Mountain Metabolics is in-depth look at individuals treating obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and related conditions in Martinsburg, WV. Who are the folks doing this important work, and what motivates them? 

We meet Jade Hill RN, a telemetry nurse on the 6the floor of the Berkeley Medical Center. “Patients often come in for chest pain, but they also might have a UTI, and because their blood sugar is high. They require more insulin because of their elevated sugars, and we work on a bunch of different angles.”

“I don't know how many times I've had a patient come out of a heart catheterization and their family immediately brings them fast food! You have to find that middle ground where you’re not too harsh. You have to say, ‘You know, maybe we could eat this and not that,’ trying to make it a slow transition, instead of, ‘You're cutting everything off.’”

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