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VIDEO W/ DOG on Nurse Practitioners

VIDEO W/ DOG on Nurse Practitioners

Health Care Policy, Health Care Providers, Patient careMelissa CrawfordDecember 8, 2017APRN, NP, nurse practitioner, PA, paper, Physician Assistant, primary care, video

Public overdoses and my friend is a lifesaving superhero at a all-day-breakfast restaurant.

Public overdoses and my friend is a lifesaving superhero at a all-day-breakfast restaurant.

Epidemiology, Health Care Providers, mental health, public healthMelissa CrawfordJune 1, 2017CPR, Nurse image, opioid crisis, Overdoses

Happy nurses week my people of the people.

Happy nurses week my people of the people.

bedside nursing, Health Care Providers, Nursing Profession, Patient careMelissa CrawfordMay 12, 2017feminism, nurses week, personal

Valentine's for broken hearts

Valentine's for broken hearts

bedside nursing, Health Care Providers, ICU, personalMelissa CrawfordFebruary 14, 2017cancer, end of life, grief, love, mourning, paul kalanithi

Culpeper cardiologist accused of striking hospital nursing director | News | dailyprogress.com

Culpeper cardiologist accused of striking hospital nursing director | News | dailyprogress.com

bedside nursing, Health Care Providers, Nursing Profession, Uncategorized, workplace violence, nu...Melissa CrawfordFebruary 7, 2017healthcare, IPE, virginia, women, workplace violence

Finding primary care.

Finding primary care.

New insurance makes finding a doc a challenge. Old provider makes transfer of medical record impossible.

Health Care Policy, Health Care Providers, Insurance, Patient careMelissa CrawfordJune 16, 2016insurance, narrative, policy, system fail, technology

In the ICU, where we keep you from dying. (Whether you might want to or not)

In the ICU, where we keep you from dying. (Whether you might want to or not)

Futility, Health Care Policy, Health Care Providers, moral distressMelissa CrawfordJanuary 20, 2015ACA, advocate, bedside nursing, burnout, caregiver, death, health care providers