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...
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...
Feb 17, 2016 |
I don't mean to be brash or insensitive, but we are all going to die. That's how life works. So why not prepare for the inevitable? I'm not talking about assisted suicide, euthanasia or anything like that. I'm simply referring...
