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A Lunch Break a Day Keeps the Lawyers Away
Austin American-Statesman, November 26, 2010
Working in a fast-paced, complex-care hospital setting is a juggling act for nurses, which is mainly what attracted us to the job and keeps us […]
Midterm election campaigns all about health care bill
Austin American-Statesman, October 29, 2010
The midterm elections seem to be all about health care. Republicans spew venom toward Democrats for passing the reform bill. Democrats distance themselves from the […]
Shards of a crummy summer ushered away through a memory left ajar
Austin American-Statesman, August 12, 2010
It’s been a terrible summer. Wars. Millions of gallons of oil spewing into our beloved Gulf of Mexico. The United States getting knocked out of […]
Controlling health care costs needs to happen from within
Austin American-Statesman, July 2, 2010
The White House nomination of Dr. Donald Berwick to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services seems to be imploding. If it does, it […]
Trying to reconcile unspeakable horrors – as a mother and as a nurse
Austin American-Statesman, May 18, 2010
As a mom and a 30-year neonatal nurse, I’m tough. Or so I thought. I can deal with kids getting infections and being born prematurely, and I can help immensely with all that. And I can deal with and help with setbacks and recurrences. I never thought I’d be confronted with the scenario of a parent I once knew being charged with injury to a child.
The uninsured can’t afford delay
Austin American-Statesman, March 3, 2010
I refuse to nail the coffin shut on health care reform.
I chose neonatal intensive care as my professional home because it’s the perfect world. It’s a wonderful mix of high technology and caring, and every infant needing intensive care has access because the care is universally covered by private or public insurance. I could never work in an area that people couldn’t access because of lack of insurance.
Nurses win but still bear burdens of trial (Part 3)
Austin American-Statesman, February 15, 2010
You and I are a little bit safer today because a West Texas jury acquitted a nurse of felony charges filed after she reported a doctor’s suspicious conduct to the state medical board. Had the jury in Andrews found Anne Mitchell guilty, the message for nurses and other health care professionals would have been: “Report a doctor and risk losing your job and going to jail.”
Are West Texas nurses criminals or health advocates? (Part 2)
Austin American-Statesman, February 1, 2010
Remember the two West Texas nurses who were not only fired from their jobs but also indicted on third-degree felony charges for doing what they thought was right?
To me, there appears to be so much wrong here — arrogance, vindictiveness, downright good-ol’-boy idiocy — that it’s hard to know where to begin.
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Toni Inglis
800 W 5th St Apt 805
Austin, TX 78703
Austin, Texas