Featured Nurses, Part 9

“We all have stories,” writes one nurse. Their fascinating experiences, along with those of others in their profession, make it to blogs that many of them keep. View their OrganizedWisdom profiles below:

1. @geeners Gina Rybolt, RN, has spent the majority of her career in critical care. She is the author of Codeblog: Tales of a Nurse, a blog started in 2002 geared to nursing and health care experiences. She also posts stories submitted by other nurses, doctors, patients, and paramedics. “We all have stories!” writes the San Francisco Bay–area mom.


2. @harik108 Hari Khalsa, BSN, MSN, CNP, is a family nurse practitioner in Boston who is also trained in medical acupuncture, homeopathy, and ayurvedic medicine. Passionate about patient advocacy and health care navigation, she started Heathcare Whisperer to assist people in getting access to the best possible care.


3. @Visiting_Nurse Heather N. McKenzie, MBA, BSN, RN, is senior director of Clinical Education and Quality Initiatives for Visiting Nurse Associations of America (VNAA), responsible for educational programming. She’s had more than 15 years of health care experience—including home health care, acute care, long-term care, and managed care—and assisted with the development of health information technology and informatics course curriculum for the Maryland Association of Community Colleges. She blogs at The Visiting Nurse about home health, hospice, public health nursing, “and anything else that comes along the way.”


4. @hollymedic Holly Bronson is a registered nurse at Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, Florida. She has worked as a paramedic and as a transcriptionist and registrar for other medical centers.


5. @howlandhealth Wendie Howland, RN, MN, CRRN, CCM, CNLCP, had a career in critical care at world-class medical centers before becoming a life care planner for catastrophic and high-expense chronic conditions. Her company, Howland Health Consulting, offers help with life care plans and medical cost projections for complex medical or legal cases. She holds numerous certifications and belongs to several organizations, including the American Association of Nurse Life Care Planners, where she serves as editor of its journal.

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Other blog entries featuring patient experts or health professionals:

Featured Obstetrician-Gynecologists, Part 1
Featured Chiropractors, Part 1
Featured Neurologists, Part 1
Featured Cardiologists, Part 1, Part 2
Featured Dietitians, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
Featured Nutritionists, Part 1, Part 2
Featured Nurses, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6
Featured Nurses, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11
Featured Oncologists, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Top Nephrologists on Twitter
Top Gastroenterologists on Twitter 
Gluten-Free Diet Feature 
Type 1 Diabetes Patient Experts, Part 1, Part 2 


By Julie Bohlen, MBA-HCM, ELS