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Patients Tell Stories of Complex, Chronic, or Life-threatening Conditions in Podcast’s 9th Season
Lighting Your Way Podcast Shares Tips, Practical Advice for Receiving the Best Healthcare Philadelphia, PA – DATE – The Lighting Your Way podcast, which helps people navigate the complex healthcare system in order to receive the best care for themselves or their loved...
Guardian Nurses Launches Mobile Care Coordinator® Program for USW Local 10-00086 Merck Employees Health and Welfare Fund
Guardian Nurses Healthcare Advocates, a nurse-led healthcare advocacy organization that has guided thousands of patients through the healthcare maze for more than 21 years, is proud to announce the launch of its high-touch Mobile Care Coordinator® (MCC) program for...
UFCW Local One Partners with Guardian Nurses to Help Members Navigate Healthcare System in Buffalo and Syracuse
Buffalo and Syracuse, NY – Guardian Nurses Healthcare Advocates, a healthcare advocacy organization that has been leading the way through the healthcare maze for thousands of patients for more than 21 years, is now providing Mobile Care Coordinator® services for the...
CEWW Partners with Guardian Nurses to Help Members Navigate Healthcare System
Plattsburgh, NY – Guardian Nurses Healthcare Advocates, a healthcare advocacy organization that has been leading the way through the healthcare maze for thousands of patients for more than 21 years, is now providing Mobile Care Coordinator® services for the members of...
Guardian Nurses’ Crystal Santoro, BSN, RN, Honored with Outpatient Award at Main Line Today’s Excellence in Nursing Celebration
Guardian Nurses is proud to announce that Crystal Santoro, BSN, RN, of Upper Chichester, PA, received the prestigious Outpatient Award at the 2025 Excellence in Nursing event hosted by Main Line Today on May 22, 2025. This award recognizes nurses who demonstrate...
Suitcases Packed? Don’t Leave Your Health Behind.
Now that we are in the heart of summer, I hope you're finding time to rest, recharge, and maybe even put your feet in the sand. At Guardian Nurses, we’re all for taking a break—but we also know that your health doesn’t go on vacation just because you do. Whether...
Guardian Nurses Champions Healthcare Worker Safety on Capitol Hill
On June 3, 2025, Guardian Nurses’ Founder, President, and CEO, Betty Long, MHA, RN, and a dedicated team from Guardian Nurses Healthcare Advocates traveled to Capitol Hill to advocate for critical federal protections for healthcare workers. The visit is part of...
Clean Sweep: Decluttering Your Digital Life
Welcome to the Digital Declutter issue of The Flame. If your inbox or smart phone looks anything like mine---hundreds of emails, both read and unread, waiting to be addressed and apps you forgot existed---then this issue of The Flame is for you! We are tackling that...
Guardian Nurses Named a 2025 Top Workplace by The Philadelphia Inquirer
Guardian Nurses Healthcare Advocates, Inc. has been recognized with a 2025 Top Workplaces award by The Philadelphia Inquirer. The honor is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by employee engagement technology partner...
Nurses Under Fire: The Epidemic of Violence Against Nurses
This June, I’ll celebrate 39 years as a nurse. And if you count the three years in nursing school (and trust me, they counted), that’s 42 years in healthcare. While it’s been more than a few years since I last clocked into a hospital, I haven’t forgotten what it feels...
A Son’s Gift and a Nurse’s Dedication Give a Retiree a New Lease on Life
For Jim Walsh, a retired sheet metal worker from Local 19 in Philadelphia, the past year has been nothing short of miraculous. On February 13, 2024, he underwent a life-saving liver transplant — a surgery made possible by the extraordinary gift of his son Greg and the...
Ever Wonder Why They’re Called Patients?
For the last several years, I have struggled with 'nerve-like' symptoms in my right leg. In fact, given how long I've dealt with the symptoms, I'd say they are UN-nerving! Multiple physicians, tests, drugs and invasive injections...and still no relief. The other day,...