Matchwell Clinician Blog

Matchwell, a healthcare technology startup with a goal of saving the healthcare industry $1 billion per year, announces a $50,000 sweepstakes to alleviate student loan debt for healthcare workers.  

The other night when I was putting my son to bed, we read one of my favorite children's books, The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. If you haven't read it before, you should. Despite reading this story many times, I was struck by the visceral sadness of the tale.   The Giving Tree is a children's...

Have you joined a nurse association? Well, you should. 

Communication is the underpinning of healthcare and is a vital part of our job. More importantly, it is what threads humanity into healthcare. It is why robots can't replace humans. By nature, humans are designed for relationships, and communication is the core of relationships. Like any other...

Mistakes are an inevitable part of learning in healthcare, especially nursing. And in today's environment, errors are more apt to happen. COVID-19 has frontline nurses working tirelessly, and even though it's not the sprint it was months ago, and we are now getting a moment to catch our breath and...

One of my favorite quotes is from Muriel Strode, a writer known as the "female Walt Whitman of her day." She said:

Get your flu vaccine this year. Please.

COVID-19 and Your Mental Health: Do You Know Where to Go?

Healthcare workers are heroes - giving their all on the front lines, caring for those battling COVID-19. To care for them as they fight for us, many companies are offering discounts or freebies for healthcare workers right now. Share this list with a hero you know:

You all know by now that second to my passion for nursing is my love of learning. In fact, my love for learning and teaching led me to nursing. I have a goal to have every letter of the alphabet behind my name before I retire (even though I don’t actually plan to retire).