News & Insights
Fur-get Your Troubles: The Healing Power of Pet Therapy
Last week, I read a story about Beacon, a cuddly 4-year-old golden retriever whose job was to be the therapy dog during Olympic trials for the U.S. Gymnastic team. As a long-time cat owner, I know that it's highly unlikely that cats will ever displace dogs from the...
Keep Your Cool This Summer!
On May 21st, the heat index (a measure of how hot it really feels outside--taking into account humidity and temperature), hit 112 in Miami. This prompted the National Weather Service to issue its first heat advisory in May in at least 15 years. Monkeys have been...
7.9: Trusting Your Gut
In this story, Crystal Leonardi, RN, BSN, tells us how trusting a patient’s intuition (combined with extra testing) saved her from an invasive and potentially dangerous procedure.
7.8 A Successful Surgery!
We’re following up with Suzy Parker, RN, about a successful surgery to fix a severe underbite that caused headaches, digestive problems, and dental issues throughout a patient’s life. It’s an inspiring win!
7.7 Screenings Save the Day
This week, Betty speaks with Heather Munizza, RN, MSN, and Stephanie Wimmer, RN, BSN, about their work serving a population who are sometimes exposed to environmental hazards on the job.
A Life-Changing Newscast
One fateful night, Michelle Agnese MSN, RN, was watching the local news and saw something that could give her patient a new lease on life! Nurse Agnese, who is the Guardian Nurses Mobile Care Coordinator for RWDSU/UFCW Local 338, had been working with a patient in his...
7.6 Second Opinion Saved a Leg
This week, Betty speaks to her colleagues on the Coastal HIF Mobile Care Coordinator team about various cases, including a leg that was saved with a second opinion.
Taking Control of Your Healthcare: Using Your Voice
Last week, I attended Philadelphia's Go Red for Women luncheon whose goal is to raise funds for the American Heart Association and encourage awareness of the issue of women and heart disease. Several speakers shared their personal stories of feeling dismissed by...
7.5 Speak Up For Safe Hospital Discharges
This week, Betty speaks with Jeanette Meredith, RN, and Diane McCaffery, BSN, RN, about how unsafe hospital discharges lead to rehospitalizations.
7.4 The Right to Be Heard
This week, Alonda Wood, RN, BSN, shares a story about helping a patient whose antibiotic did more harm than good and an unresponsive medical team who made the situation even worse.
7.3 “The Navy Seals of Advocacy”
Guardian Nurses rookie Joe McLaughlin, RN, talks with Betty about his first memorable cases as a Nurse Advocate with the team.
ACHOOOO!!!! It’s Allergy Season!
Who doesn't remember the old adage, "April Showers Bring May Flowers" as a way of explaining the wet weather we often have in April. What I didn't understand when I was little was why I was sneezing so much! Now that I'm, ahem, 'more mature,' I have a much better...