My college orientation sessions in the late ’90’s included tips like carrying a rape whistle, but none of the recommended safety measures prepared me for…
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Why Medical Professionals have Potty Mouths
**WARNING** This post contains strong language. If you use the expression, “H-E-double-hockey-sticks” or refrain from watching R-rated movies because the language offends your moral sensibilities,…
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To All Valorous Women
During my formative years, I heard more than a few sermons that put the Proverbs 31 woman on a pedestal as the ideal Christian wife/mother.…
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The One Thing Doctors, Doulas, Moms, & Midwives All Want
As a feminist, a lover of birth, and a physician, I struggle every time I read people’s stories of birth trauma. Improving Birth’s “Break the…
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8 Cold Hard Truths About Colds
It’s booger season. And that means that urgent care centers, emergency departments and primary care offices everywhere are being inundated with people seeking antibiotics. So…
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In “I’m Sorry. I’m Listening.” I extended an invitation to publish a guest post on “what I wish white women knew about being a woman…
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I Survived my First Week as a Kindergartener’s Mom
The day before Kharis started Kindergarten – we got this in the mail: Her new teacher’s dogs sent a card! How cu-ute! Her teacher was…
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Marriage: The Grass is Greener…
About a year and a half ago, Mickey and I got away for a few days to a luxury resort in the Dominican Republic. It…
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Ode to Nurses
A few weeks ago, after feeding my face with rich, dense chocolate cake brought by a truly awesome nurse (for no particular reason other than…
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5 Pieces of Advice that Changed My Life
1. You work on you. When I married my husband, I was certain he was the most wonderful man in the world and I was…
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1. Wait times in most emergency departments are RIDICULOUS! But, if you have a real emergency, you won’t have to wait. If you have abnormal…
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10 Truths about Life in the South
1. Not all southern accents sound the same. Take the word “HILLS” for example. This is what it sounds like by regional accent: Charlestonian: rhymes…
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About a week before the election, I sent some of my family members a private message. I wrote things like: “Most of us surround ourselves…
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**DISCLAIMER**- This is a post about church and the stories of women in the Bible. If you have subscribed for medical content – this one’s…
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“ORDER UP!” “One McDreamy to ED room 18, a McSteamy to room 5, and Dr. Oz to psych bed 2.” As much as patients would…
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It doesn’t matter if you can run a 40 yard dash in 4.5 seconds or 5.8 seconds… dance like Channing Tatum in Magic Mike or…
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In 2006, graduate nursing programs started granting doctorates of nursing practice (DNP degrees). In a “Media Fact Sheet,” The American Association of Colleges of Nursing…
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