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Monthly Archives: August 2014
Reflecting on Transitions
My current thoughts are a jumble between stress, exhaustion, and challenge. Roughly a year ago I wrote on the transition into practice, finished my midwifery program, and took off on my bike with my now-husband on a two week long … Continue reading
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Anger
Sometimes my patients are angry. Sometimes they are angry that they have been waiting for a long time. Sometimes they are angry because they are going to be late to work. Sometimes they are angry that their partner gave them … Continue reading
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The Red Tent
The Red Tent has long been my favorite book. To call it “my favorite book” seems almost a disservice to the role it has played in my life. I have turned to it in great times of transition in my … Continue reading
Out on the Exchange
Even though open enrollment in the new health care plans is over, if you have had a certain qualifying event, if you are Native, or if you are applying for Medicaid you can still find coverage. Many of the people … Continue reading
Well, that was awkward.
Lest, dear readers, that you are all left with the impression that I am a calm, cool, and collected midwife, I would like to deeply shatter this perception by letting you all into the private world in which I do … Continue reading
What Brings You In Today?
At my clinic there are no shortage of abbreviations. I thought that I was learning a whole new language when I started nursing school (I mean really, does this sentence make any sense to you: “Pt denies LOF, VB, +FM. … Continue reading
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