Jan 16, 2018 |
One of the more difficult challenges a nurse (or healthcare professional) faces is to meet a patient where they are. Not geographically, of course, but emotionally. I learned this lesson far too young when my mom was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and I was just...
May 21, 2016 |
"You didn't bring breakfast," she said. This past week, I had been invited to speak to a group of RNs at a local hospital during their staff meeting. I arrived around 8:30AM for the 9AM meeting and was greeted by the nurse who had invited...
Apr 19, 2016 |
What a fabulous idea! Who better than to 'test' a candidate for a job at a cancer center than a patient? After all, patients know best!! At Stanford's Cancer Center South Bay, which opened last June, patients and family members from the Palo...
Mar 20, 2016 |
I saw "Lady in the Van" today. It's the movie with Maggie Smith playing a homeless woman who lives in a van and is helped by a man who lets her and her van park in his London driveway. For 15 years. The story, as it goes, is "mostly true"...
Mar 16, 2016 |
Have you noticed where certain high-profile, nationally acclaimed healthcare facilities are partnering with local medical centers? In the last few years, I've read where the Cleveland Clinic (#1 for cardiac care) and a healthcare facility in Atlanta...
