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B.C.'s Nursing Shortage and the Importance of Irreplaceable Experience

shaelyritchey

Apr 23, 20232 min read

healthcare

B.C.'s Nursing Shortage and the Importance of Irreplaceable Experience

This week BC’s nurses are voting on our proposed new contract. It is a critical vote as our healthcare system struggles in the aftermath...

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shaelyritchey

Apr 7, 20232 min read

mental illness

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CW - discussion of depression & suicidality 3 years ago today I was reaching my breaking point after months of reaching out for help with...

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shaelyritchey

Jan 20, 20231 min read

healthcare

Care in the Time of Collapse

I am trying to remember there is more than one way to live a life, to be a part of the things I love; to be a good nurse. For me, being...

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shaelyritchey

Jan 1, 20232 min read

free flow writing

2022 In Review

I don’t know what to say about 2022 - so much takes place behind the lens of a camera. It has been as much a means of avoidance as it has...

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shaelyritchey

Aug 16, 20222 min read

healthcare

The Breaking

Day in, day out… I put aside the grief I cannot carry; shelve the moral distress tearing me in two… I do what I can (what limited I can)...

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Dependency on Treatment & Eating Disorders - An Explorative Discussion

shaelyritchey

Jul 30, 20223 min read

eating disorders

Dependency on Treatment & Eating Disorders - An Explorative Discussion

(Originally posted on Vancouver Island Voices for Eating Disorders blog.) When individuals with eating disorders have cycled through...

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shaelyritchey

Jul 22, 20221 min read

eating disorders

Questions I've Been Pondering of Late

Where do you go when you no longer trust eating disorder care (as you know it), but have long depended on it (at times being healed by...

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shaelyritchey

Jul 20, 20223 min read

healthcare

"War-Time" Nursing

In the following article Minister Dix discusses recent emergency room closures at rural hospitals and emergency centres. Within his...

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Lessons From Each Month of the Year - June 2022

shaelyritchey

Jun 30, 20222 min read

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Lessons From Each Month of the Year - June 2022

What I have learned (unlearned, or may still be learning) from the month of June... “We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor,...

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Gender-Affirming Care - Exploring Inclusive Language

shaelyritchey

Jun 10, 20223 min read

healthcare

Gender-Affirming Care - Exploring Inclusive Language

This blog post was originally written for (and published on) the Nurses and Nurse Practitioners of B.C. (NNPBC) website. It stemmed from...

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Life-Saving & Sometimes Disabling - Exploring the Impacts of ED Treatment on Self-Capacity/Trust

shaelyritchey

Jun 8, 202219 min read

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Life-Saving & Sometimes Disabling - Exploring the Impacts of ED Treatment on Self-Capacity/Trust

It is important to reflect on where different eating disorder therapies and programs perpetuate the struggle for individuals to practice...

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May The Fourth Be With Us - Eating Disorder Advocacy At The B.C. Legislature

shaelyritchey

May 4, 20221 min read

eating disorders

May The Fourth Be With Us - Eating Disorder Advocacy At The B.C. Legislature

Today I look to the resilience and persistence of camas blooms for inspiration. I learn from the years they take to bloom, that change...

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"Radical" Concepts in Mental Healthcare & My Own Care Interactions

shaelyritchey

Apr 28, 20224 min read

eating disorders

"Radical" Concepts in Mental Healthcare & My Own Care Interactions

This feels very personal to write, but here goes... There are some days that slowing down enough to attend appointments leaves me feeling...

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shaelyritchey

Apr 28, 20221 min read

eating disorders

Performative "Wokeness"

An important reflection point for professionals working in the eating disorder field... How well does your online appearance of...

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Brief Thoughts on the Internal Family Systems Paradigm in Relation to Treating Trauma & EDs

shaelyritchey

Apr 4, 20222 min read

eating disorders

Brief Thoughts on the Internal Family Systems Paradigm in Relation to Treating Trauma & EDs

I shared these brief thoughts through Vancouver Island Voices for Eating Disorders (VIVED) social media, but there is so much in this...

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Transforming Moments of Pain, to Peace - Reclaiming My Authorship Project

shaelyritchey

Mar 28, 20226 min read

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Transforming Moments of Pain, to Peace - Reclaiming My Authorship Project

I've written before about reclaiming authorship and the power of language, largely through advocating for collaborative treatment in my...

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Fostering Inclusivity When It Comes To Lived Experience

shaelyritchey

Mar 13, 20226 min read

healthcare

Fostering Inclusivity When It Comes To Lived Experience

I have been thinking a lot lately about lived/living experience and how we honour this without gatekeeping that form of wisdom, as well...

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Lessons From Each Month of the Year - February

shaelyritchey

Mar 1, 20221 min read

free flow writing

Lessons From Each Month of the Year - February

What I have learned (unlearned, or may still be learning) from the month of February… Trust is something that is earned, not something...

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shaelyritchey

Feb 21, 20221 min read

eating disorders

Truly Collaborative Care

"One cannot treat [those struggling with an eating disorder] from the "outside," meaning treating the patient/client in a one-person -...

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Trust is Earned - Thoughts on "Trust" in Therapeutic Interactions & Healthcare Settings

shaelyritchey

Feb 20, 20221 min read

healthcare

Trust is Earned - Thoughts on "Trust" in Therapeutic Interactions & Healthcare Settings

When working with patients, clients, or individuals seeking support, we must remember that trust is not something any professional is...

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