What happens when advocating for best health-care practices is politically inconvenient? Street nurse Liz James talks about her role in Canada’s first underground needle exchange, and street nurse Fiona Gold describes how she supported North America’s first supervised-injection site; both nurses took risks, fought for change, and saved lives.
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directorNettie Wild
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![Bevel Up: Chapter 1 - Opening]()
The nurses meet Becky, give her a mouth pieces for a crack pipe, and chat about her pregnant daughter, Liz. Later, they meet Tracey in a hotel and discuss her upcoming test results.
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![Reflections on Practice: Therapeutic Communication]()
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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![Reflections on Practice: From Novice to Expert]()
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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![Topics: Peers & Natural Helpers]()
Natural helper Tina and peer outreach worker Earle Crow talk about how they bridge the gap between the street community and the nurses.
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![Reflections on Practice: Safety]()
Street nurse Caroline Brunt and nursing-practice consultant Mary Adlersberg offer safety strategies for nurses working on the streets.
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![Reflections on Practice: Dueling Agendas]()
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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![Reflections on Practice: Harm Reduction]()
Nurse Elaine Jones and ethicist Paddy Rodney talk about the ethical questions involved in showing youth how to safely inject.
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![Bevel Up: Chapter 6 - Lee]()
Street nurses Caroline Brunt and Liz James inject Lee, a sex worker, with an antibiotic for syphilis. They also call Lee’s boyfriend and arrange to test him as well.
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![Reflections on Practice: Supervised Injection]()
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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![Topics: Nurses Who Use Drugs]()
Nursing-practice consultant Mary Adlersberg addresses addiction, intervention, and recovery within the nursing profession.
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![Reflections on Practice: Why Outreach?]()
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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