nursingforsocialjustice

I think we have to confront some of the assumptions that we make as mental health care providers. I think one of the assumptions that we need to confront is that sometimes any emotional response is viewed through the lens of illness. Definition of pathology plural pathologies 1:  the study…

I am interested in clinical documentation. Clinical documentation is important. It allows for continuity of care, and is a legal documentation that supports the assessments and interventions that have been completed. I think that it is important that we think of clinical documentation as both as reflection of the care…

I think that the time is now, for all of us to reflect on our thinking, our values, our beliefs, and the ways that they are enabling (promoting?) the perpetuation of social injustice. The snowball of being stuck in our ways is gaining momentum, rolling down the hill of moral judgement and…

I take a lot of pride in being nurse. It hurts me a little when I work with people who seem a little lost about what the nurses role full entails. I understand why misunderstanding happens; it took me 5 years to fully understand the role of Occupational Therapists. What…

Sometimes I think, if life were not hard, then there would be no point in even getting up out of bed in the morning. There is some utility to feeling like making it through the day successfully (or sometimes, even unsuccessfully) was an accomplishment in itself because of the multiple…

It can be easy to only see the bad in a situation. Sometimes I think that one of the primary ways human beings relate to one another is through complaining. Do you ever feel like even on the best day, someone will still be complaining about something? Are you the…

I find myself increasingly frustrated when I hear nurses reminisce about yesteryear when nursing care was delivered so much more competently and in a much more respectful way when the old hospital training school system existed, before