One Nurse. One Family. One Broken System. This story doesn’t start in a hospital. It starts in a rural kitchen, with a phone call that made my stomach drop. My dad—strong, stubborn, dad—was loading into an air ambulance for transfer from an accidental gunshot wound. And what should have been a surgical stay and recovery […]
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Lead from the Bedside – Part 1 The unit was slammed. We were short staffed, and a patients had just coded. Everyone was on edge… And yet—amid the chaos—I watched a nurse quietly step in to lead. She comforted a panicked family member, ran meds during the code, and later circled back to check on
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Because Getting Care Shouldn’t Feel Like a Battle With Your Wallet Let’s just call it what it is: health insurance is confusing on purpose. Between deductibles, co-pays, pre-authorizations, and the dreaded “denied claim,” it’s enough to make your head spin. And if you’re sick, stressed, or caregiving? Forget it—nobody has time to decode fine print
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The Unfiltered Truth from the People Who Never Leave Your Bedside If you’ve ever been admitted to the hospital—or had a loved one who was—you probably remember the beeping machines, the endless questions, and the feeling of being totally out of control. What you might not remember? Your nurse. And not because they weren’t there,
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Your Voice Matters: Be Heard, Be Safe, Be Empowered Let me say this loud and clear: you have the right to speak up in the healthcare system. And not only do you have the right—you need to. Because while the majority of healthcare workers are doing their absolute best, the system itself is flawed. Healthcare
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