In The Beginning...

I'm new at this. Recently I took a trip, in fact, I got home last night. I wrote a few blog posts while away, some for a friend's blog. I was working in a comprehensive health centre in Mandeville, Jamaica. Not a place your usual tourist goes for a Jamaican get away. No beach. That is probably why you've never heard of it before. Anyway, that is not the overly important part.

So while I was gone I wrote a few blogs about NURSING, and HEALTHY type thingies, cause I'm a nursing student, and we do that sort of stuff! I got some feedback from friends, one of the things stressed the most was how IMPORTANT it is to educate people. I started thinking in my last week in Jamaica, I really enjoy talking to people about their health, even if it is as simple as what normal blood pressure should be. (maybe I should post my blog about that...) I also thought about how sad it made me when I saw people who came in knowing very little about topics very important for their health (birth control, STD's, diabetes, balanced diet, etc.)

During all this pondering, I thought up an idea, and it got me really excited! How neat would it be to have a whole blog dedicated to healthy living?? I don't just mean the physical, but the mental and spiritual as well. (In nursing we get all fancy and call this "holistic health") Three of my bestest nursing buddies were quick to become excited about this idea. Together we have made up "subnurse yourself", a blog where hopefully we can use what we are learning in nursing school in a way that helps our community. We are still in the discussing process, so I am excited to see where this blog goes from here.. I've already been dreaming up ideas of what I'd like to write about. (I was traveling for over 12 hours yesterday with not much more than a notebook and colouring book to entertain me..)

The main idea is for people to read stuff that they can use to help keep them an active team member in their own healthcare. We are NOT professionals though, only nursing STUDENTS, so please keep that in mind. We are not diagnosing or prescribing, just talking about health topics and providing information, maybe with a few tips here and there. If you like what you read, please feel free to post a link to our blog on your facebook, or send an e-mail, or tell your friends the good old fashioned way.. by word of mouth!

So in conclusion, we hope that you will join us on this magical journey, and be both educated and entertained =)