I wish public health and child health could be apolitical. Health should be apolitical, don’t you think? Take a moment here and wonder, is health not a human right? How has public health become something that an elected official can vote yay or nay on? How on earth is government assisted insurance coverage a seriesContinue reading “Medicaid and Other Dirty Words.”
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Notes on Nursing
A Letter to Nurses’ Week and Every Week to Come Yes, I love nursing. Maybe a little too much at times. It’s exhausting. My body aches when I lie down. I’ve got spider veins and swelling threatening my bikini season. My eyes are strained from all of the tedious charting. My neutrophils are low fromContinue reading “Notes on Nursing”
No Small Bravery
Brave is a silly little word. We like to use it for any number of things – getting on rollercoasters, hopping in planes, going to the gym, asking out the girl. Sometimes it has weight, meaning, substance, and sometimes it doesn’t. I’m here to shed light on the certain kind of brave that happens whenContinue reading “No Small Bravery”
The Good of it.
“There are more miracles than tragedies” Someone at work said that a few months ago when a parent threw the usual line out: “I don’t know how you do it, it has to be so sad.” Yeah, but it’s also totally amazing. I have fun at work every day. There’s also the classic “it takesContinue reading “The Good of it.”
I’m Still Here: Greetings from the Bottom of the Mountain
It’s been over a year of full time bedside pediatric nursing, and I haven’t shared much with this keyboard because I wasn’t sure what I’d say. I’ve been on the frontlines of the FTL mission for child health. I’ve learned so much. I’ve seen so much. I’ve found myself. I’ve also somehow lost parts ofContinue reading “I’m Still Here: Greetings from the Bottom of the Mountain”
A Practical Guide to Public Health: A Nurse’s View
I haven’t been at this whole nursing thing for long. It’s been a few months of trial and error, of ebbs and flows. I won’t say I’m any good or bad at it yet, it’s too soon to tell, but I can attest to what I’ve observed while I’ve been learning – often flying byContinue reading “A Practical Guide to Public Health: A Nurse’s View”
Bridging to Home
One of the things I learned when I expanded my research is that there’s a whole faction of children’s health that I barely knew about. I would venture to guess that most people know that there are nursing homes and assisted living, as well as rehabilitation hospitals – but we typically think of old peopleContinue reading “Bridging to Home”
The More Things Change…
My sincerest hope is that the more things stay the same. It’s been a while since I’ve been here, it was a long and tiring semester for me, I overbooked myself constantly and was at the hospital all the darn time. I’m back in action now and I’m going to do my best to keepContinue reading “The More Things Change…”
For The Littlest 