An article that I read today made me do some very quick math. It confirmed something that I had long known qualitatively but put it into a very stark perspective. Health care workers are a distinct minority! While reading a copy of…
On January 12, an earthquake registering 7.0 struck outside the capital city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haiti, a small, Caribbean island nation of only 27, 700 km, which shares the island with the Dominican Republic, is one of the closest neighbors of…
An article that I read today made me do some very quick math. It confirmed something that I had long known qualitatively but put it into a very stark perspective. Healthcare workers are a distinct minority! While reading a copy of the…
Little stirs people more than profits in healthcare. Profits of hospitals, insurance companies, medical devices and pharmaceutical companies seem to many as making money from sick people who are forced into purchasing services out of no fault of their own. Clearly, if…
It is that time in the cycle when politics are front and center. Elections are coming up and this time around it is anything but boring. In this article, I want to talk about healthcare and how we as nurses…
The 2012 election is over. Speeches (victory and conceding) have been made and (hopefully) the many signs along the roadway will be retrieved and recycled. With all of the speeches, debates and advertisements made, the end result looks very much…
Of all the arts, the healing arts are about as personal as you can get. Whether you are a surgeon about to crack a chest, a school nurse worried about a rising temperature, or a street medic first on scene…
The days of house calls by your family doctor are long gone, but all things are cyclical and the demand for easier access to health care systems that doesn’t require scheduling appointments (and actually works with your schedule) was bound to catch…
President Obama clearly has been educated about U.S. health care prevention deficits. That’s why he’s seeking $684 billion over the next ten years for health care reform. And, he’s said that a good percentage of this should go to preventative care. So,…
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! No…it’s Super Nurse! Nurses, do you know you have super powers? Yes, you do! In fact, you are called with a great purpose and your destiny abounds with heroic opportunities. You brighten our days…