Meet our July Nurse of the Month: Sarah Phipps
Today we’re talking to Sarah Phipps, a Rosebud Sioux Tribal member and a popular face in our Great Plains facilities! So Sarah, why did you become a nurse? My mom says I’ve always been a caring person and always wanting to help others. I knew I wanted to do something medical when I graduated, but […]
Clinical Corner: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and Indigenous Health
By Thomas Barrows, MD FACEP We face plenty of difficulties in running our emergency department. We’re often resource challenged. It’s easy to name off all the things we don’t have: we don’t have an ICU, we don’t have an OR, we usually don’t have OB/GYN coverage, we can’t admit dialysis patients. The list goes on […]
Join our Back-to-School Supply Drive
Do you remember the first day of school as a kid? It’s always exciting and a little nerve-wracking to start learning new subjects in a new classroom with new teachers. But one thing that’s consistently fun about the start of the school year: buying school supplies. So this summer, Tribal Health is helping Native children […]
Meet Our Nurse of the Month: Chesney Leiferman
Our June Nurse of the Month is Chesney Leiferman! An experienced nurse who serves in the Great Plains, Chesney talked to us a bit about her background and her path to providing care on Indigenous lands. Chesney, what led to you becoming a nurse? One of my first jobs was being an aide at an […]
Clinical Discrimination and Patient Trust: Here’s What An Alzheimer’s Study Found
We’ve talked about Alzheimer’s in Native American communities before – specifically that dementia is on the rise on Indigenous lands because Native elders are living longer. Life expectancy was typically 50something years old for a Native person in the mid-20th century. While the COVID-19 pandemic lowered it a bit, today’s elders can still expect to […]
Clinical Corner: Slow is Smooth and Smooth is Fast
by Dr. Mark Krich I have never been in the military, let alone the Navy SEALS. But I believe the old SEALS saying – Slow is Smooth and Smooth is Fast – applies to what we do in the ER. Wouldn’t it be great if every time a truly sick patient came into the ER, […]
