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Default Apr 22, 2024 at 04:17 AM
 
I live with a rare disease and multiple (unpreventable) autoimmune diseases and decided to be proactive.

Why Nursing—My Why

I took initiative and began attending trainings, workshops, education events, and webinars. I have had many experiences of being ignored, experiencing medical racism, a lack of continuity of care, and misogyny.

I'm not interested in attempting to change a system that has fought hard to normalize its harmful existence.

My goal is to help create another lane for marginalized BIPOC, Two-Spirit, and Indigenous people. I want to help create care in marginalized communities by marginalized providers.

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1). Depression
2). PTSD
3). Anxiety
4). Hashimoto
5). Fibromyalgia
6). Asthma
7). Atopic dermatitis
8). Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria
9). Hereditary Angioedema (HAE-normal C-1)
10). Gluten sensitivity
11). EpiPen carrier
12). Food allergies, medication allergies and food intolerances. .
13). Alopecia Areata
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