“During my first semester of nursing school, I had a professor give a presentation about cystic fibrosis, but the content was outdated. I emailed my professor to ask where she had accessed her information because new medical advances had been made. She responded, ‘Call me.’ She and I had a great conversation about my experience and the recent breakthroughs with Trikafta. She asked me to present to the pathophysiology class about CF and all that it entails from my perspective.
I enjoy presenting about CF because it allows me to not only advocate for myself and the CF community, but also for future nurses entering the field. I realized that I was not only going to impact my patients, but I was going to impact my colleagues as well.
From my own experience as a patient, I’ve had nurses who are disorganized, inconsiderate, and look at you as only a patient, not a person. On the other hand, I have had nurses who listen to your concerns, care about you and what you have to say, and make the...
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