clear communication-the private and personal as wll as the public and political

with all the changes to health care communication appears to be the key...
communication for the patient and family to access care, information, and navigate around all the places they can find information is of critical importance to promote and maintain health
advocating for yourself and for those who have no voice is imperative is this time of insurance quagmires, family physicians vs hospitalists,nurses and other health care professionals

topics to be pondered may include

TIME
Money
Personal Responsibility
Professional Responsibility
Accountability

Doing the right thing the right way

What we know is not always what we do
What we think we know is not always what we should do

At the end of the day we have the personal responsibility to take action

SEPT 18th
Central Park, NYC

Unite for a Healthy Future
Let's Cycle, Throw, Jump, and hoop to fight
Cancer, Diabetes, Heart and Long Disease

As nurses I hope to engage my peers
we might not be able to go to the Big Apple
....but we can join together

at work
and send our support to the
United Nations Summit on Global Health Issues
Prevention and control of non-communicative Diseases

1. By coming to the office to hula hoop or jump rope for 1 minute Sept 18th
Sign the letter for the UN in support

2. By August 29th
Go to the International Diabetes Federation Website and Prepare an " O is for
Outrage" postcard to be sent to President Obama asking him to support quality
care and access to health care for all


ADVOCATING SEEMS TO BE ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY, RESPONSIBILITY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY ON MANY LEVELS

........hummm

these are issues i think i need to explore