Chronic Doesn’t Mean Hopeless: Supporting Patients Through Long-Term Conditions
Learning to See the Person, Not Just the Problem One of the first things I learned in outpatient internal medicine is that chronic illness is never just about lab results. Behind every A1C level or blood pressure reading is a real person with a complicated life. And the longer I do this work, the more […]
From Triage to Trust: Building Patient Relationships in Primary Care Nursing
First Impressions in Primary Care When I started working in an adult internal medicine clinic, I thought the biggest challenge would be keeping up with the pace—charting, lab reviews, and managing the revolving door of short appointments. But it didn’t take long to realize that while the medical side was busy, the real work happened […]