Arguably the greatest success story in public health, vaccines demonstrate the triumph of human achievement over disease. But during the last decade or so, I’ve […]
Nursing Articles
Plugging the mental health care gap in Austin
Austin American-Statesman, December 8, 2013
The Seton Healthcare Family’s announcement Tuesday to open the region’s first psychiatric emergency department raises a simple question: How has Austin gotten by for so […]
The story behind a plaque
Austin American-Statesman, September 8, 2013
Emergency rooms, psychiatric facilities and geriatric units can be pressure cookers for patient-on-worker violence, with nurses bearing the brunt. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor […]
Emergency rooms often dangerous; new law helps protects staff
Austin American-Statesman, September 7, 2013
On the outside of an emergency department door, it’s a felony to assault emergency personnel. On the inside, it’s a misdemeanor. That is, until now. […]
‘M’ is for the many things moms endure
Austin American-Statesman, May 12, 2013
On Mother’s Day, I think of the moms of the sick and premature babies I cared for in the neonatal ICU for more than 30 […]
Proposal offers Texans better health care access
Austin American Statesman, February 15, 2013
While Gov. Rick Perry was in California this week attempting to woo insurance, high tech and film industry leaders to the Lone Star State’s business-friendly, […]
Toni Inglis Dec. 2012 UT-Austin School of Nursing Convocation Address
Bass Concert Hall, December 8, 2012
Thank you, Dean Stuifbergen, distinguished faculty, friends and families. Congratulations, Class of 2012! Here you are. You’ve completed something extremely difficult, been in school, many […]
Proposition 1 would improve care now and in the future
Austin American-Statesman, October 26, 2012
Opponents of Proposition 1 ask why the state doesn’t pay for a medical school here. If we wait for the state, we’ll grow old and […]
Whistle-blower nurses see justice in the end
Austin American-Statesman, July 27, 2012
The outcome of the Winkler County nurses’ whistle-blower saga would have ended differently had it not been for three public servants doing their jobs and […]
Perry shirks his duty on Texans’ health care
Austin American-Statesman, July 12, 2012
Gov. Rick Perry threw Texans under the bus Monday when he announced our state would not expand Medicaid, leaving $76 billion from the federal government […]
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