When Children Learn to Wash
When Children Learn to Wash Early in Life, We All Win It was more than twenty years ago that I was the Chair Person of the health committee of the PTA at my children’s elementary school. I focused on healthy diet and we served carrot sticks and healthy juice donated from a local health food…
Read MoreBe a Patient Advocate
So, You Want to be a Patient Advocate? Some things you could think about: Can you recognize that you will not be giving advice even if you are a medical professional? As a patient advocate, you are not to give medical advice, only suggestions on how to get the best care possible. Do you want…
Read More2020 Was an Amazing Year!
It Was an Amazing Year! Not always “good” but always amazing for me personally and for Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy. For the past 20 years Pulse has been about how to be best prepared if you were to become a patient — what you need to know and even how to…
Read MoreTransgender Day of Remembrance: Why it Should Matter to Patient Advocates
Transgender Day of Remembrance November 20th The Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR), is observed annually on November 20 as a day to memorialize those who have been murdered as a result of transphobia. Why should this matter to you? Why does it matter to me? Bias is not just held by people who you don’t know, or…
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Preparation for the Hospital:
Remote Advocacy
Remote advocacy means preparing early for your hospital stay
Read MoreBreast Cancer Awareness Month and TakeCHARGE
October is breast cancer awareness month and throughout the month you may be hearing stories of breast cancer survivors as well as those who lost the battle. Focus and concentration go into breast cancer research, breast cancer support services, and breast cancer supplies: lotions, underclothing, wigs and more. That all happens when a woman gets…
Read MoreMedication Safety & Celebrating Pharmacy Week
Pharmacy Week October 18th – 24th 2020 Medication Safety Elizabeth is 68 years old. She gets her prescriptions by mail order, and takes one of her medications with her daily morning coffee. Her latest mail order medication bottle sat unopened on the table next to her coffee. Thinking her last bottle must be empty, she…
Read MoreWorld Mental Health Day 2020
World Mental Health Day and Patient Safety October 10th 2020 It is World Mental Health Day and although many people suffer from mental health issues, I am not familiar with mental health care and treatment at all. What I do know is that anger, frustration and many other negative emotions can lead to depression which…
Read MorePulse CPSEA Completes 2020 TakeCHARGE Campaign on Sept 17, World Patient Safety Day
Pulse CPSEA Completes 2020 TakeCHARGE Campaign on Sept 17, World Patient Safety Day “5 Steps to Safer Health Care” message to continue into 2021 Leading community educator Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy is ending its 2020 public awareness drive, the TakeCHARGE Campaign (5 Steps to Safer Health Care) to mark World Patient…
Read MoreTakeCHARGE and Become an “I” Patient: Involved and Informed — Preparing to Become a Patient
Preparing to Become a Patient By Maia Buchman August 2020 In July 2020 the Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education and Advocacy hosted two sessions about the TakeCHARGE Campaign for Teens: Preparing to Become a Patient. Participants were girls aged 13 to 18 years old from eight states and Canada representing Curvy Girls, a support…
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