A collection of all the Reflections on Practice for the Bevel Up series. View the complete 45-minute documentary Bevel Up. Explore all 10 educational playlists or the Teacher's Guide.
A collection of all the Reflections on Practice for the Bevel Up series.
View the complete 45-minute documentary Bevel Up. Explore all 10 educational playlists or the Teacher's Guide.
Street nurses Caroline Brunt and Liz James talk about how providing health care on the street is like throwing people a lifeline.
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Street nurse Caroline Brunt talks about seeing past the drugs and connecting with the person. Street nurse Janine Stevenson reflects on coming from a place of curiosity rather than judgment.
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Street nurse Janine Stevenson and nursing ethicist Paddy Rodney reflect on the complexities of boundaries when dealing with uncomfortable or unsafe situations.
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Is the drug world scary? According to street nurse Caroline Brunt, understanding what drug(s) the person is using is important, but the ultimate goal is to connect, with the individuals using those drugs and providing the necessary health care that’s needed.
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Street nurse Janine Stevenson talks about how to show respect and build trust on the street.
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Is the drug world scary? According to street nurse Caroline Brunt, understanding what drug(s) the person is using is important, but the ultimate goal is to connect, with the individuals using those drugs and providing the necessary health care that’s needed.
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Street nurse Liz James explains how to work with someone who’s in an unsafe situation but doesn’t want help.
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Street nurse Caroline Brunt talks about the important role friendly, low-barrier health services play in increasing the chances that people using drugs will access timely health care. Nurse ethicist Paddy Rodney analyzes the impact of health-care providers who direct anger towards people who use drugs.
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Street nurse Caroline Brunt talks about what happens when her health-care agenda clashes with the needs of the person she is caring for.
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Street nurse Caroline Brunt and nursing-practice consultant Mary Adlersberg reflect on nursing practice when working with people who carry and use illicit drugs. Nursing ethicist Paddy Rodney talks about respect for autonomy and power dynamics in the health-care relationship.
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Street nurse Caroline Brunt reflects on the challenges she faces when working with pregnant women who use drugs, and the importance of not judging the mother.
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Nurse Elaine Jones and ethicist Paddy Rodney talk about the ethical questions involved in showing youth how to safely inject.
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Street nurse Elaine Jones reflects on the lure of the streets and why youth use drugs.
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Street nurse Liz James reminds us that sex workers who use drugs are “just people” with stories and experiences like everyone else. Liz explains that the key to creating a safe and open health-care relationship is to be compassionate while still asking frank and direct questions.
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Nursing-practice consultant Mary Adlersberg and nursing ethicist Paddy Rodney reflect on how the nurse incorporates teaching and health promotion while supporting safe injection.
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Street nurse Caroline Brunt explores how detox or a supervised-injection site provide realistic first steps towards better health care.
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Street nurse Caroline Brunt explains that listening is the first step in delivering effective health care to anyone who uses drugs.
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Street nurses Caroline Brunt and Janine Stevenson, nursing ethicist Paddy Rodney, and nursing-practice consultant Mary Adlersberg talk about the importance of learning and legitimizing nursing harm-reduction practices.
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