Comments on: Health Equity Starts in the Classroom https://www.keithrn.com/2022/08/health-equity-starts-in-the-classroom/ Teach How Nurses Actually Practice. Wed, 07 Jun 2023 04:11:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sandra Reed Wilson https://www.keithrn.com/2022/08/health-equity-starts-in-the-classroom/#comment-59795 Thu, 25 Aug 2022 01:19:37 +0000 https://www.keithrn.com/?p=110895#comment-59795 Thanks for sharing your insight. It is far too easy to just consider this topic and say we are not racist or that we treat everyone equally. A pillar of how I treat people is to treat everyone the same– fairly, however, we must look deeper as we teach students and as we teach patients.

]]> By: Theresa Bucy https://www.keithrn.com/2022/08/health-equity-starts-in-the-classroom/#comment-59661 Fri, 19 Aug 2022 13:18:05 +0000 https://www.keithrn.com/?p=110895#comment-59661 This is an excellent article.
I’m reminded of a man I cared for during my NP training (at the VA). He had diabetes, needed insulin, and lived in a group home of some sort. In my ignorance, I talked to him about refrigerating his insulin, taking his blood sugar regularly, eating three meals… The man was sharing a bathroom (as I recall, a common bathroom for the whole hall) and got ice from McDonald’s daily to keep in a cooler in his room to have some form of refrigeration. He didn’t have regular meals/meal times … As the author also said… “I have been haunted by this man.”

What can I do, she asks? Great question… I see no real reason I cannot work on a part time program that will accommodate working people.

Thank you.

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