Healthcare
Pathophysiology as the Foundation of Nursing Judgment
Understanding why the body responds the way it does, not just what to do about it, is what separates protocolfollowing from genuine clinical reasoning.
Writing
Notes & essays.
Thinking out loud about psychology, education, policy, healthcare, and whatever else has my attention.
Education
Online Education Has Grown Up. Here's What That Means.
The pandemic forced remote learning on everyone. What stayed behind was a fundamentally different understanding of what online education can and cannot do.
Mental Health
Children and Mental Health: Early Intervention and Its Long-Term Effects
Mental health conditions often emerge in childhood. Early identification and intervention can alter life trajectories, but access to child mental health services remains severely limited.
Healthcare
Emergency Nursing: DecisionMaking Under Pressure
Emergency nursing requires a particular kind of clinical thinking, fast, patterndriven, and calibrated to high stakes. How that thinking develops is both science and craft.
Mental Health
Loneliness as a Public Health Problem: What Research Shows
The U.S. Surgeon General declared loneliness an epidemic. This piece examines the research on loneliness, its health consequences, and evidence-based responses.
In the News
Addiction Treatment Access: What Research Shows About the Gap Between Need and Care
Millions of Americans have substance use disorders and do not receive treatment. Research on the barriers to care and the evidence for expanding access points toward specific solutions.
Policy
Infrastructure Policy and Public Health: Roads, Water, and Community Wellbeing
Public infrastructure is directly connected to public health outcomes. Investments in clean water, safe transportation, and broadband have measurable health consequences.
Education
Culturally Responsive Teaching: Research on Practice, Evidence, and Implementation
Culturally responsive teaching has become a prominent framework in education. Research on its theoretical foundations and effectiveness offers a basis for evaluating implementation.
Mental Health
The Therapist Shortage: Why Getting Mental Healthcare Is So Hard
Demand for mental health services has grown faster than the workforce can supply. The resulting access gap falls hardest on those who need care most.