How To Construct Safe Healthcare Workplaces

How To Construct Safe Healthcare Workplaces

The Huddle
This is my third and, hopefully, final pass at writing this blog. Originally, I started with an upbeat sort of tone that felt empowering – change could really happen, and we might just find ourselves feeling like our workplaces embraced safety for those giving and receiving care. That was the rather fantastical vibe that I was trying to capture. My next attempt got no further than the title. The goings-on in the world simply overwhelmed my ability to move into writing mode. For instance, my home state has the dubious distinction of being #1 in the per capita COVID infection rate. There is a wide and angry divide among the general population, and it seems to be growing daily. Last week, we also heard about the tragic shooting in Michigan…
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F*%K Your Feelings

The Huddle
I totally caught your attention with the tantalizing title of this blog, didn’t I? I can only imagine the wheels spinning in your heads . . . some probably wondering if I have finally gone off the rails completely and become some sort of hard-hearted psychopath.You may think that I have washed my hands of efforts to speak up about issues impacting our practices. Stick with me on these mental meanderings, and I think that it will all, hopefully, come together!I need to start this blog by saying that these times do try us. I completely understand this as I continue to care for others in what is rapidly becoming the most tenacious public health disaster of my nearly 40 years in nursing. Last week, as I searched the aisles of…
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Legacies and Lifelines

Legacies and Lifelines

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Recently, I asked someone who I do not know to spend some time on a video call with me. That’s right, a total and complete stranger. Not only a person whom I have never met, but also works in an entirely different area of healthcare. Why? My gut told me that he would share a perspective that would be worth hearing. Enter Mike. Mike justifiably lays claim to a rich and varied employment background. With an engaging smile and a calm voice, he offered that he has worked in law enforcement, firefighting, emergency medical services, bartending, and is currently a pastor of a local church. Not only does Mike minister to his congregation, he also still works full time as a paramedic and instructor in an Emergency Medical Technician program.…
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