Final Health Promotion Reflection

I have really enjoyed my health promotion class! I was excited to expand my understanding of health promotion as it pertains to patients teaching and nurse teaching. My favorite part was creating my infographic and my health promotion model. I was really pleased with how my health promotion model worked out and I plan to

Taking a Moment for Reflection

Checking In  My health promotion class has been a whirlwind so far, as I find many of my summer courses tend to be. I thought that at the start of the course that I knew a decent amount of information about health promotion and various practices – boy was I wrong! Of course I knew

Misinformation in Health

Disclaimer: I am completely vaccinated and 100% believe in the use of vaccines for all Health Misinformation Misinformation has been a huge problem for a long time, but in the last few years with the pandemic seems to have run rampant. I tried to look at twitter for misinformation regarding vaccines (because there is so

Compassion Fatigue Infographic

I was able to create my own infographic about CF! I am unbelievably happy with how it came out! Please take a look below, hopefully you’ll learn something new! Please do not share image above.

Health Belief Model & Compassion Fatigue Presentation

Below you will be able to download a little presentation I made about the health belief model and compassion fatigue. Here is a quick review about the health belief model and compassion fatigue What is the Health Belief Model? The health belief model attempts to predict health-related behavior in terms of certain belief patterns. A

Health Infographics

I am very excited to get to make my own health infographic during my summer semester in NUR631 health promotion course. I have done some research in preparation and found a few I like and decided to share my inspiration here! Enjoy 🙂

Looking Forward in Health Promotion

Looking forward I am very excited to be able to look deeper into health promotion. It is always something I have been passionate about but in my undergraduate program we only scratched the surface on. Health promotion has been a large part of my nursing practice from surgery to endoscopy, to chemotherapy and now as

Ottawa Charter: Effects on the Globe & Me

The role of the Ottawa Charter in Canada/Globally/My Professional Practice             The Ottawa Charter changed the face of health promotion around the world, 30 years later we are still using it. Canada was the first country in the world to host a worldwide health promotion conference, it put Canada at the forefront of preventative medicine

Positionality Statement

I grew up in a white upper middle-class family in a very wealthy area in Mississauga (just outside of Toronto for those who aren’t sure!). I am one of 5 children; I am the second youngest with two older brothers, one older sister and one younger sister. The age gap between oldest to youngest is

Parkinson’s Super Walk!

My family and I are walking this Monday in the Parkinson’s Super Walk! All the proceeds go towards Parkinson’s research. This is a cause very near and dear to myself and my family. If you are unable to donate share and create awareness about Parkinson’s and Parkinson’s research! Donate here!