There is a saying that a case manager’s role is to work ourselves out of a job. This post will show how a long term patient is helping this case manager work herself our of a job – and I am so proud! Many of you who read this blog regularly are familiar...
The 2022 Professional Reading List I am starting this year’s Professional reading list with two quotes that are appropriate for today’s time. The first is “The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.” Herbert Spencer. The second is Change is the end result...
Health and wellness are something we all struggle to achieve. In this week’s post, I invited, Sandra Kahn, a long-time colleague, and friend, to write this week’s Blog to share 5 tips she has used successfully in her practice to her clients reach heath and...
I recently attended a conference titled the International Conference on Patient Advocacy. The meeting brought together advocates from around the world to learn, network, and celebrate their work in patient advocacy. One of the attendees, Elizabeth Bailey, brought a...
Over the past few months, I have been working with a man on Florida Medicaid. He is on a waiver program for those who are disabled and have a low income. The program’s goal is to keep him at home and avoid hospitalizations or having to live in a nursing home. So...
Over the next few weeks, I will be attending several conferences that I am excited to share with readers of Nurse Advocate. I love to go to conferences to learn, network and talk to people who are making a difference in the world of healthcare. I will be covering...
If you are a nurse, you have probably heard about this case where a nurse from TN (Vanderbilt Medical Center) gave the wrong medication to her patient. Versed was ordered to settle an agitated patient during an MRI. The nurse was called and told to bring down the...
Recently, I have had to reach out to various physician practices, hospitals, and other medical providers for my clients. The first question each asks when I call is what is the patients date of birth?. This is by far the most important piece of information needed to...
Last week, my husband and I took a Virgin Atlantic cruise out of Miami to Bimini and Nassau to celebrate our anniversary. The ship was beautifully decorated with different items that carried the themes of sailing, having fun, and enjoying life. We had a great time,...
I wanted to use this post to provide some updates. Recently my webmaster made some changes to the email system. Some people have told me that they were getting two emails. The fixes he did should correct this, so let me know if you still get two emails. Please share...
I have been working with a man who lives in North Florida and is a quadriplegic. Before his injury, he was a painter and made a good living. Now that he is injured, he is on Long Term Care Medicaid and lives with his brothers’ family as he is dependent on them...
I got a call from a woman whose husband is in a nursing home for rehabilitation. He is 40 years old and suffered an accident leaving him a tetraplegic. We will call him John. He was in acute rehabilitation and was sent to the nursing home for continued rehab. He likes...
I am stepping away from my usual Blog Post to share information on an event I have been working on for a few months. I will resume my regular post next week. The International Conference on Patient Advocacy (ICOPA) will be held in Chicago, IL, on April 28-30, 2022....
Mother nature showed its fury with snow up and down the eastern seaboard this past weekend. I live in Fort Lauderdale, and it has been cooler than usual since Christmas. Most of us take the weather in stride. We dress warm and do our best to clear the snow, so we are...
I was talking to a friend the other day. She was recently diagnosed with lymphoma. She was scared worried and felt she needed to speak to someone about finding a specialist and what she should expect to encounter as she started on her journey. She told me she decided...
As a brain cancer survivor, I am no longer driving, so I depend on Uber or Lyft to get to appointments and places I need to go. Ridesharing is a new mode of transportation that many people take advantage of to get them to the places they need to go instead of driving...
Sunday, January 9th, was the last day of National Football League (NFL) 2021 Season. As soon as the last game ended, several teams announced they were firing their coaches. There were many reasons, most centered around poor seasons. It was interesting to read some of...
If you are like me, ringing in the New Year came with one or two self-improvement resolutions you would like to see implemented this year. Unfortunately, the odds are against us keeping these resolutions. The reason is that we don’t make them doable and as a result we...
