Author Archives: nikkiakparewa

Why Should Nurses Be Concerned With Social Justice? Since Florence Nightingale nurses have been entrepreneurs in finding ways to advocate for social justice.  Social justice refers to the fair distribution of resources, opportunities, responsibilities, and privileges among the members of a population. Social justice from a healthcare point of view means members of a population, […]

As of Now Nursing schools across the country only require one semester of public and community health as a clinical.  How do you begin to squeeze community health, social determinants of health, and social justice into one semester?  No wonder nursing students don’t fully comprehend their leadership potential within communities that are struggling.  And no […]

Seeing People. I was doing a follow up visit for a woman I am case managing.  She is living in a nursing home in Baltimore, but before that she was living on the street.  Her family has disowned her because of substance abuse.  Her children are in the system.  Life has not been kind to […]

I’m about to share something uncomfortable with you.  I remember the first time I felt isolated as a new nurse.  I had a complicated patient who was getting a lot of IV meds and I didn’t correctly verify if his meds were compatible before starting an infusion.  Thankfully, my patient was unharmed. However, I was […]