¡Qué tal, familia! For Hispanic Heritage Month, we’re spotlighting someone who probably would have been your favorite nurse – the one who actually listened and made you feel better just by being there. Meet Dr. Ildaura Murillo-Rohde, the Panamanian powerhouse who changed nursing forever and proved that caring for people is both an art and a science.
The Nurse Who Saw What Others Missed
Born in Panama in 1920, Dr. Murillo-Rohde came to the U.S. and immediately noticed something that should have been obvious but somehow wasn’t: Latino patients were getting subpar care because healthcare providers didn’t understand our culture, our language, or our unique health challenges.
Instead of accepting this as “just how things are” (like we often do … Read the rest