nursingforsocialjustice

I turned 40 last month. And so, the reflections on possibly half of my life begin. Do you ever feel like social media is more about advertising than anything? There was a shift from TV to smart phones and laptops but what are the real marvels of communications have forever…

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Film provides interesting commentary on life. Certain films are like little peeks into snapshots in time. Other films can provide insight about the ongoing relationship that we have with certain ideas. Have you watched the film What About Bob? youtube.com/watch If you are starting graduate school and need some guidance…

It’s 2021. It has been more than a century since the explosion of the centralized facilities. Hospitals were created, in many ways, to more economically pool resources for doctors. I think that it is time that we re-conceptualize the hospital. Maybe there is room to build inclusive health centres that…

PRN (or Pro Re Nata ie as needed) medications are an intervention that nurses in mental health inpatient setting use. For certain populations, for example adolescents, there is little evidence on effectiveness. Though PRN use is viewed as a helpful tool for mental health nurses, it can also be considered…

For some (following in the footsteps of well-known nurse Florence Nightingale) nursing is a calling. For some nursing is a day job, a career pursuit that came about out of necessity or perhaps a happy accident. Problems arise when the care of the patients becomes the obstacle that is getting…

The COVID pandemic has been hard on all of us. It’s been especially challenging for the tens of thousands of nurses around the globe. As we get closer to the International Council of Nursing Congress. I am reflecting on what nursing means to me. In my logical mind it is…

I mostly work in clinical informatics. At this point you might be asking yourself, “what is informatics?” And to this I will (very briefly) explain that clinical informatics is where technology, healthcare and data science meet to improve healthcare systems. I will leave it at that because the focus of…

Why does the leap to using a smart phone to manage one’s life seem to much easier than using a purposefully designed tool as per recommendations of design to support better patient Care? It’s not like pages in a book. It’s also not like your unformatted Microsoft Word document from…