I have been thinking about trust and competence a lot recently. Nurses get a lot a credit for being trustworthy and that trust is certainly well deserved. But I worry that sometimes we run the risk of getting by with trust without competence. Colleagues have heard me say many times that I don’t particularly like hearing APRNs say “my patients love me.” Being loved is… Continue Reading
Author: Kathryn Fiandt
I am not normally big on “weeks” but I am big on health centers! This year, the Health Center Week theme is “Home of America’s Health Care Heroes” and is that true! To those of you who have never worked at or frequented a health center, that may seem a bit much, but as someone who has worked in a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) or… Continue Reading
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