Over the weekend I learned my friend, who is battling cancer, had see a specialist in Miami. Since COVID she has been seeing most of her doctors virtually, but because she has had a new lesion, the hematologist wanted to see her in his office. She is weak, suffering...
Over the past few months, I have gotten back to doing onsite nursing case management and what I call nurse advocacy. It has been an eye-opening experience. I find my key role is finding resources for my patients and improving communication between members of the...
My husband often says that to fix something, you need the right tools. This is true in all aspects of life, but most of all in healthcare. To help people be active participants in their healthcare, they need the information to understand the rationale in their plan of...
I recently reconnected with Gloria Donnelly, a nurse leader and educator I have followed since I became a nurse in Philadelphia in 1973. As a nurse, I have always looked to her over the years to gain her insights to see where healthcare is going. As we are in a time...
I met Joanne Evans over 20 years ago. She worked for the American Nurses Credentialing Center, and I had just coauthored the Nurse Case Management Review and Resource Manual for the organization. ANCC had added onsite training for nurses who wanted to sit for the...
