Sep 12, 2013 |
I was driving on the turnpike this past weekend as I headed to a union meeting for a labor client. High up above the road looms a billboard which read, "The Power to Heal." A few miles down the same road, another billboard, this one reading,...
Jun 20, 2013 |
This morning, I was awakened by a call to my cell phone from a new client whose sister had recently suffered a bleed in her brain secondary to untreated high blood pressure. The client wanted to let me know that her family "wouldn't be needing our...
May 12, 2013 |
I love Nurses' Week. It is only fitting that every year since 1954, the 100th anniversary of Florence Nightingales' mission to the Crimean War, the nursing community is celebrated. Nurses' WEEK begins on May 6th (since 1982) and runs the...
Apr 20, 2013 |
When I heard that the 19 y/o suspect had been apprehended and, because of his injuries, had been taken to the hospital, I thought, "Oh brother, God bless the hospital staff that will be treating and caring for him." Amidst all the public sentiment...
Mar 19, 2013 |
Recently, it seems like we've had a flurry of facilities whose staff has been unwilling, for one reason or another, to speak with our nurse advocates over the phone. Last week, I was asked to intervene in a case where our nurse advocate was having difficulty...
