Episode #25 Caring, Connecting, and Contemplating as a Nurse, Immigrant, and Asian American (featuring Toni Ransom)

Show notes:

This week we commemorate The International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, as designated by the World Health Organization for 2020. The idiom,“Where the rubber meets the road” describes the point at which a theory or idea is put to a practical test. Nurses across the globe inhabit this space where the most tangible health care services are delivered.  Whether performing exams, taking health histories, providing health promotion, counseling, education, administering medications or vaccines, or coordinating care with other professionals, nurses are the backbone of health care.  During this pandemic, nurses have found themselves caught in an evolving situation unfamiliar to their ranks. New protocols developed daily, personal protective equipment supply fell off a cliff, and staff shortages crippled efforts to meet unprecedented demands of those requiring care. 

 This week’s guest, Toni Ransom, shares her perspectives as a nurse, over her career and this past year.  Toni also shares her experience as an immigrant from South Korea, and her life as an Asian American. We talk about racism, the experience of finding a better life, and the challenges of finding a sense of place in the face of attitudes of difference.

I welcome Toni wholeheartedly to A Hat Tip For Hands!

Post Show Notes: Thanks for joining this conversation Toni! I really enjoyed talking with you about nursing and about your experience as an immigrant and Asian American.

Resources:

https://www.who.int/

https://www.laaunch.org/