Cardiac Arrest and the Built Environment: What’s Space-Time Got to Do with It?
Explore the link between exclusionary zoning and cardiac arrest. From the ICU to the suburbs, discover how the built environment encodes health inequity as a feature, not a byproduct.
Deadly Design: Suburbia and the Social Determinants of Health
Explore how William Levitt’s suburbs became a blueprint for 'Planned Morbidity.' Learn why your zip code is a top predictor of health and how urban design choices drive modern health disparities.
Silence is a Design Choice: The Intersection of Critical Care and Hostile Architecture
When spaces are designed to be hostile to the vulnerable, there is no surprise when those same spaces become uninhabitable.
From Vascular Networks to Urban Infrastructure: Lines Connect Us
In the cardiac ICU, lines are lifelines—conduits of medicine and data that sustain a fading pulse. In a city, those same lines are the water mains and metro tracks that keep a metropolis breathing. As an urban planner turned critical care nurse, I’ve realized that whether it's a vascular network or a city grid, 'flow' is everything. Join me as we trace the fascinating parallels between the scaffolding of our cities and the infrastructure of the human body.
Critical care, crayons, and the Loop of Henle: professional identity formation in nursing.
A nontraditional nursing student reflects on balancing motherhood, critical care nursing, and professional identity formation in the margins of her notebook.
The Digital Heartbeat: How RPM is Reclaiming Rural Health in Virginia
From 'White Coat Flight' to Digital Might: Reclaiming Rural Health in Franklin.
Drugs in Mexico: Ethical Variances and Legal Responsibilities with Respect to Pharmaceutical Companies
No wonder they went to Cabo for drugstore antibiotics.
The Heart of the Heartland: Bridging the Rural Care Gap with Telehealth
Heart Health and Hospital Closures in God’s Country…
Beyond the Catch: Navigating SDOH and Cultural Nuance in Clinical Nutrition
Just as a vendor in the 1st Arrondissement offers a diverse spread, the modern nurse must 'curate' a nutritional care plan that respects both the palate and the person—bridging the gap between cultural tradition and clinical necessity.