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I. Letting Go of Autonomy “Nursing is an autonomous profession.”It’s a phrase offered as proof of progress. A signal that we are no longer seen as just helpers, assistants, or extensions of someone else’s expertise. That we belong at the table, that nurses have earned our place. The pursuit of autonomy has been hard-won. It
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At this year’s National Student Nurses’ Association (NSNA) Annual Convention, a resolution was adopted encouraging nursing programs to enhance education around “safe sleep” practices to help prevent SIDS. As a member of the Resolutions Committee, I upheld our role of neutrality and did not speak publicly on the motion. Still, the conversation has stayed with
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Thresholds shape how life emerges and endures. In ecosystems, thresholds are places of negotiation—zones where organisms adapt in real time to shifting conditions, often with limited resources. Moss lives here. It persists through an ancient, embodied capacity to dwell in the unstable. Among the oldest land plants, mosses diverge from more dominant flora. They have
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There’s a kind of wisdom that lives in the knots—where fibers cross, tension holds, and stories pull against each other until something strong enough to carry us emerges. That’s where I live. That’s where this project begins. Threads of Counsel is a space I’ve been dreaming about: a place to weave together strands from my