I write about continuous learning and how important it is for all of us, the healthcare team, and patients. This week I am taking my own advice this week and attending the Population Health Colloquium in Philadelphia. I will be back next week with an overview. You...
I started posting this Blog Post on September 11, 2015, as a reminder of what happened on September 11, 2001, and have posted it each year since. To remind you, coordinated terrorist groups led attacks against the United States in New York, Washington DC, and...
A friend shared this message on Facebook the other day, and I wanted to share it in this week’s Nurse Advocate Blog Post. Please read and share with your family, friends, and colleagues, as we all need an A-Team! Do you have an A-Team? I didn’t know how...
Over the next few weeks, kids are returning to school, and many professionals are returning from vacations and getting back to work. Looking back on my work history, September was the month I started a new job. Starting a new job or a new position within the same...
One of the lessons I learned over time is that my role as a case manager is to work myself out of a job by educating and empowering my patients to advocate for themselves. Doing this reinforces that when people have the tools they need, they are resilient and able to...