News & Insights
7.2 In for the Long Haul
This week, Betty talks with Jeneane Fitzmaurice, RN, BSN, and Heidi J. Davis, MSN, RN, CPN, NPD-BC, who help teamsters stay on the road by supporting their healthcare journeys.
7.1 Another Type of Advocate
In our Season 7 opener, we’re learning about how social workers and nurse advocates can work together to help patients. With Damali N. Stansbury, LSW, MSW.
Guardian Nurses in Action: Coming Home After a Stroke
After lengthy and complex hospital or rehab stays, follow-up care is exceedingly important. Unfortunately, it’s not uncommon for patients and their families to head home without a full understanding of what they are supposed to do next. Guardian Nurses Mobile Care...
Guardian Nurses in Action: When a Patient is Profiled
Samantha Salerno, RN, BSN, needed to step in when her patient’s treatment was delayed simply because his doctors and nurses made assumptions based on his appearance. The Guardian Nurses Mobile Care Coordinator describes the patient as a “younger guy, a dad, who looks...
March Madness, You Say?
Even if you're not a college basketball fan — whether men's or women's — it's hard not to know that March is tournament time — also known as 'March Madness.' The term 'March Madness' has been linked to basketball since 1939, but March has also been associated with...
An Epidemic No One Talks About: Increasing Violence Against Nurses
If you’ve not had the need to visit or be admitted to a hospital in the last three years, the information in this issue of The Flame may surprise you. Regardless, I hope it disturbs you and urges you to action. Recently, a new survey about increasing violence against...
Let’s Talk About Dry January
Happy New Year!!! I'm not sure if it is a good sign or a bad sign that the first time I heard about "Dry January" was one week ago! Apparently, Dry January began in 2012 as an initiative by Alcohol Change UK, a British non-profit, to 'ditch the hangover, reduce the...
Guardian Nurses in Action: Men Get Breast Cancer, Too!
While men account for less than 1% of breast cancer diagnoses, 1 in 833 men will get breast cancer at some point during their lives. Guardian Nurses Nurse Advocate Charlotte Jaroma, BSN, RN, recently shared her brother’s story on the Lighting Your Way Podcast to...
6.12 A Very Bad Primary Care Provider
In our Season 6 finale, Bianca Pollart, RN, BSN, shares a doozy of a cautionary tale about how a primary care provider who doesn’t listen to you can harm your health and well-being.
6.11 How to Appeal an Insurance Denial
Suzy Parker, RN, from Guardian Nurses, gives actionable advice on how to appeal when your health insurance company denies a claim.
Don’t Go Home for the Holidays – Until You Read This!
For many years as a young adult, I greeted the winter holiday season with trepidation. It took many years to figure out that I was the one in charge of managing my 'holiday' stress. But then again, I have never been hospitalized during Christmas. That brings a whole...
6.10 A Profiled Patient
This week, we hear from Samantha Salerno, RN, BSN, who tells us all about a case in which a patient’s treatment for a painful condition was delayed — because his doctors and nurses made assumptions based on his tattoos.