S3 Trauma Healing Learning 25: Wholehearted Patient Care with Trauma Nurse Rebecca McWalters

Think about all the connotations of the word “care.” In a clinical context, it can refer to providers who give patients sustenance and medical attention for their survival and well being. Now, pair that definition with the more colloquial meaning of “care” – heartfelt devotion and love – and you have a truly incredible combination where a caregiver’s work is responsive to the patient as a whole human.  There are so many emotional and medical factors at play for both patients and families in SCI rehab.  Wholehearted care can make all the difference in trauma healing.  Join Louise and Trauma Nurse Rebecca McWalters as we hear why nurses should slow down and how Mom's know best and what it takes to cultivate that combination of care as we get a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the workings of an SCI care team at a premiere rehabilitation facility. Here we go.

In this episode:

Rebecca McWalters is the Director of Nursing with Baron Home Group in Atlanta, Georgia. She previously was a nurse at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta and was one of the people who made a lasting impact on Archer’s care in the fall of 2015.

Learn more about Baron Home Group at https://www.baronhomegroup.com/

Blink of an Eye is created by Louise Phipps Senft and co-produced by Louise Phipps Senft and Zera Bloom. Theme music is by Victoria Vox.

Blink of an Eye Podcast is sponsored by the Blink of an Eye Non Profit: a non-profit created as a national resource to help change the Spinal Cord Injury experience for families and medical teams across the U.S. Blink of an Eye provides a national team of SCI specialized doctors for expert opinions in the Golden Hours of SCI injury, a Multidisciplinary Family Support & Navigation Team for SCI families lead by SCI families for the first 30 days of crisis, and a National Resource Library of essential SCI information and trauma informed responses for the first hours and days after injury specialized for families, friends and SCI medical staff. Blink of an Eye also offers a Registry of Medically Unexpected SCI Recoveries. To find out more, visit www.blinkofaneye.org.

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To find out more about learning relational mediation skills for navigating hospital and medical conflict and trauma, visit the website www.BaltimoreMediation.com.  

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Music in this episode is:

Dream Guitar by Frank Schroeter

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Calm Meditation by MusicLFiles

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Imagefilm 043 by Sascha Ende

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