Category: nursing

You are what you eat…and so is your baby

“As a mother of a baby born in 1973 when nobody was breastfeeding, I didn’t know why, but I instinctively knew breastfeeding was the best thing to do.” After my first son was born, I went back to school to become a nurse. During my interview I said, “I’m not interested in sick people, but Read More >

July 31, 2017 by Patti Carroll, RN, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, Registered Lactation Consultant15 Comments

preparedness

Babies, breastfeeding, certified lactation consultant, Delivery, Initiate breastfeeding, Labor, Labor and Delivery, Moms, nursing, public health

Neighbors Helping Neighbors

When the Fairfax County Health Department (FCHD) in Virginia put out a call for volunteers to help conduct a tuberculosis (TB) contact investigation, Rosalia Parada, a long time Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) volunteer, jumped at the chance to serve her community. The investigation was sparked when news of three students from Robert E. Lee High School Read More >

May 21, 2014 by Blog Administrator1 Comment

Disease Investigation, Disease Outbreak, General, preparedness, prevention, response

Fairfax, high school, MRC, nursing, tB, tuberculosis, Virginia, volunteer