When I was at the hospital today, I was using my phone to keep my bf and local folks updated on what was happening. Nobody was batting an eye.

Then I remembered how different things were in 1996, when I had my heart attack. A friend had lent me an old laptop he was not using for me to keep into contact with my Internet friends. We were students in computer engineering. The nurses had a fit when they saw me with that laptop. I had to explain to them that I was not working, but keeping in touch with my friends. In the end, I was allowed the laptop, but the notion that someone would use a laptop to keep in contact with anyone was alien to the nurses.

#nurses #SocialMedia

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This was one of the biggest reasons I changed my major from medicine to IT: I saw this trainwreck coming.

> “Access to federal loans were a lifeline for me,” said Leigh Habegger, a student in Wake Forest University’s program to train physician assistants, another profession affected by the new rule.

Habegger had a decade-long career in public policy work before going back to school last year. She called her program “rigorous” and said she’s unable to work while studying, even though her program costs more than $50,000 a year.

“One of my fellow classmates in the class above me shared that from his class that just graduated last weekend, nearly 90 percent of students said that they would not have been able to attend PA school without federal loans."

“This rule stands to have a significant negative impact on the number of students who are able to attend PA school … in North Carolina precisely at a time when our state needs us the most.”

#northcarolina #congress #departmentofeducation
#nclawsuit #federalstudentloans
#healthcare #physiciansassistant
#nurses #phyiscaltherapists #attorneygeneraljeffjackson
#ncagjeffjackson #nursingshortage

https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2026/05/20/nc-lawsuit-trump-education-department-health-care-student-loans/

Connection: The Secret to a Successful Consultation

https://theexpertclinician.com/2026/05/27/connection-the-secret-to-a-successful-consultation/

Like #CA #GovNewsom, top Dem candidate for state's highest office pulls a #Gavin and quietly backs away from previous pledge to support #SinglePayer #Healthcare in America's most populous state...

#Newsom previously earned a big endorsement from state's powerful #nurses union before betraying promise to put issue on his agenda once elected.

Spokesman for former #HHS secretary under #Biden calls goal "unrealistic"

https://capitalandmain.com/in-california-governors-race-xavier-becerra-walks-away-from-single-payer

We know weak workforce planning & staff shortages are a major element in the continuing NHS crisis, so its unsurprising nurses see this problem as part of their every day experience.... and the thing about health *care* is in the end its only really going to be as good as the people working & their ability to focus on the care of patients - it really is a numbers game.

Perhaps now West Streeting is gone, the idea that technology is the answer will fade?

#NHS #nurses
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/18/nhs-nurses-believe-lack-of-staff-putting-patients-at-risk-survey-finds