If you have read Nurse Advocate before, you might recall me mentioning in previous posts that I belong to a service organization known as Quota International. I am a member of the local Club, Quota of Plantation FL. Each year, the members choose a Sunday in February...
February is the month for lovers and it also American Heart Month. To recognize Heart Month, I invited a friend and nurse colleague, Rajitha Bommakanti, RN, CCM, Health Coach, and Patient Advocate to be a guest writer for this week’s post. Rajitha has been...
A few weeks ago, I was reviewing emails, and one from the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center caught my eye. I read the email and realized it was an invitation to the Stupid Cancer Summit. The name made me curious, so I clicked into the email and read about the...
World Cancer Day was yesterday, February 4th. The goal of World Cancer Day is to increase awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, early detection, and treatment. Every year there is a theme. This year, the theme for World Cancer Day 2019 is –...
Healthcare is changing at a rapid speed. In an attempt to keep up to date, my goal for 2019 was to find conferences and events that help me learn about the advances taking place in our healthcare system, so when I saw a post on LinkedIn for the 11th Annual ConvUrgent...
