Being in the hospital alone and not knowing what is happening is scary and stressful. Patients and families need information to know they are not forgotten, especially when the healthcare team doesn’t know what is happening. As healthcare professionals, we know...
In this week’s post, I wanted to write about International Women’s Month, as I was unfamiliar with it, and I had seen a lot of coverage over the past few weeks in the news and on social media. So, what is International Women’s Month (IWD)? IWD is a month dedicated to...
While scrolling through my email early Monday morning, I noted one that said congratulations. The email said my Blog, Nurses Advocates, had been selected by a panelist as one of the Top 80 Nursing Blogs on the web! As mentioned, being recognized for my Blog is...
Yesterday, I received mail I had not expected. As I opened the package, I found a signed copy of a new book a fellow Patient Advocate colleague wrote with her husband, “It’s Agape Love: The Spirit of Champions.” The book is designed to be a transformative experience...
Last week, I got a call from a 40-year-old woman who wanted help to understand what she could do as she had no healthcare insurance and was recently diagnosed with Uterine Cancer. She told me that she started bleeding and went to the ED, where she was evaluated. The...
