Meeting People Where They Are At
I think I forgot that I wrote this blog again, until a nursing professor from a university in the US emailed me to ask permission to use an entry as a recommended reading for a class they teach. Blogs are such an interesting thing for me. I love writing and for some reason I think that I will have a excess of free time to write. I have written many since I was 16 and discovered them in the vast expanse of the Internet. I have a few on the go right now that I most use as a means of reflecting on my nursing practice and also reflecting on being a parent. I do not think I ever expect anyone will actually read my ranting and sometimes academic thoughts so it was a pleasant surprise and welcome reminder that someone in the world may be reading this and that it may be helping fellow nurses in some way. The Discharge Conversation Yesterday I had a conversation with a student about what the appropriate intervention is when a patient that is being discharged openly tells the nurse that they w...