After Cathy Brooks cut her leg at her downtown Las Vegas dog training business, the Hydrant Club, she became concerned when the wound started to swell and burn. Brooks snapped a photo and emailed it to her doctor, who asked to see her as soon as possible. But she couldn't leave work, so her doctor and a staffer paid her an on-the-job visit, wrote her a prescription and outlined her care for the next 48 hours. Brooks is a member of the recently established Turntable Health, a membership-based primary care provider she found through an insurance plan she purchased on the Nevada Health Co-Op.
In a social media landscape shaped by hashtags, algorithms, and viral posts, nurse leaders must decide: Will they let the narrative spiral, or can they adapt and join the conversation?
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