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KENYA, KENYA

NATURAL WORLD KENYA SAFARIS

July 9, 2019August 15, 2020by kchandlerrosemontLeave a Comment on NATURAL WORLD KENYA SAFARIS
NATURAL WORLD KENYA SAFARIS

With our one weekend off in Kenya, Patty and I decided to squeeze in a quick safari. We chose Natural World Kenya Safaris because they offered two-day, private tours including accommodations. They did NOT disappoint. We were blown away by the entire experience. Continue reading “NATURAL WORLD KENYA SAFARIS” →

KENYA, KENYA

FIGS, THREADS FOR THREADS

July 9, 2019August 15, 2020by kchandlerrosemontLeave a Comment on FIGS, THREADS FOR THREADS
FIGS, THREADS FOR THREADS

Little did we know how much of an impact we were making for CURE International, Kenya. The nurses wore skirts and polos for years as their nursing uniforms, without the budget to purchase scrubs. Then Patty and I were able to deliver them with new scrubs. Continue reading “FIGS, THREADS FOR THREADS” →

KENYA, KENYA

THE TRAVELING NURSE, CURE KENYA

March 1, 2019August 15, 2020by kchandlerrosemontLeave a Comment on THE TRAVELING NURSE, CURE KENYA
THE TRAVELING NURSE, CURE KENYA

Patty Olino, @scrubsandstripes on Instagram, and I traveled to CURE Kenya this month and our worlds will never be the same. We got to experience just how similar and how different healthcare can be in a foreign country. Continue reading “THE TRAVELING NURSE, CURE KENYA” →

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Chugging my coffee because this girl is moving on Saturday to the city that doesn’t sleep...New York! ⠀
⁣I am finally coming out of one of the lowest lows I have hit with nursing. It all started with feelings of isolation paired with months of very hard patient assignments. It then grew when we lost one of our longterm patients that had become family. It continued to grow as I walked up to nurses talking about me. It peaked as I held the hand of my dying baby, performed post-mortem care, and tucked my baby’s body into the COVID filled morgue. ⠀
New week, same eye bags and post-N95/faceshield hairdo! Let’s get it fam! 💜
⁣We see a baby get discharged to their family then another without any family present at all, raising them as our own. ⠀
⁣Oh baby baby! Having only worked in Pediatrics, I wanted to share my go-to's with babies 👶🏽⠀
⁣I never could have anticipated feeling so welcomed into different cultures, religions, and practices as a nurse. With each 12-hour shift comes the intersection of trust and vulnerability between patient and nurse. Whether it be an introduction to family members via Facetime, joining in prayer or ritual, singing songs in a different language, or learning and adapting cultural practices to make the patient and family feel at home, I find myself nurtured into cultures and practices other than my own. I am completely embraced as an honorary member of the family or religion. Honored is an understatement as these experiences carry forward with me when I reflect on why I love nursing so much. It's this relationship, the trust and inclusion, the transparency of seeing the patient in their most vulnerable form and accepting them for everything they are. It's the family I form with my kiddos.⠀
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