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“I am extremely excited to announce that I have accepted a position as a Bone Marrow Transplant Oncology Nurse at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas!!!!!!! 💚💚🎗️🎗️” Lillian, a student here at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing campus in #Abilene, is ready to begin a new chapter of her nursing journey after accepting an exciting new position! Way to go, Lillian!

Hospital Price Comparison Site - Hospitals must publish their real prices by federal law. I read all the San Antonio files so you don't have to. Since 2021, every hospital in the US has been required by federal law (45 CFR 180) to publish a machine-readable file with their actual prices, gross charges, cash prices, and the rates they've negotiated with each insurer. Almost nobody reads these files because they're enormous and messy (San Antonio's alone are gigabytes of JSON and CSV). I've spent the last month parsing them, starting with San Antonio. Some things I found in our hospitals' own published data: * A brain MRI (CPT 70551–70553) runs about **$305–360 in negotiated rates** at the Methodist hospitals, while the **cash price** is \~$1,474 at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa and \~$1,792 at University Health. The gross "list price" for the same scan at Methodist is **$11,040**. * Sometimes cash beats insurance: a colonoscopy at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa has a **$742 cash price**, while the Aetna-negotiated rates around town run **$2,400–3,100**. If you have a high deductible you haven't met, the cash price can genuinely be the cheaper option, and you're allowed to ask for it. * Some hospitals publish real self-pay discounts; others' "cash price" is just the full list price. The files tell you which is which. So I built [**chargefacts.com**](http://chargefacts.com/), type a procedure and your ZIP, and it ranks nearby hospitals by price (cash or by your insurer). It's free, no ads, no signup, no tracking, and I don't take money from hospitals or insurers. It currently covers 192 Texas hospitals including all the major SA systems (Methodist, CHRISTUS, University Health, Baptist). Honest caveats, because this data deserves them: these are the hospitals' own published figures, not quotes, the facility fee only (surgeon/anesthesia usually bill separately), and some hospitals publish stale or incomplete files (the site flags those instead of hiding them). Every number links back to the hospital's source file so you can check my work. I built this solo and it's early, if you search something and the result looks wrong or confusing, I genuinely want to hear it. What you look for and can't find is exactly what I'll build next. I apologize if this counts as self promotion. I just think this is helpful and don't have ads etc just wanting to spread awareness and make this something actually useful.

AskScience AMA Series: Happy World Breastfeeding Week 2026! We are scientists who study breastfeeding, lactation, and human milk. Ask Us Anything! https://preview.redd.it/4d6ok9x1lmgh1.png?width=2207&format=png&auto=webp&s=82687644802f5d63b518ffcdd9f17fc1f5ca9db0 Hi Reddit! We are scientists who study human lactation, from the evolution of the molecules in milk to the future of virtual lactation care. Every year, we celebrate World Breastfeeding Week by dropping in here to answer all of your burning milkquiries! Since human milk is made by humans, our science is fraught with complexity. “Womens health issues” often get sidelined when there are cuts to research budgets like what we’ve seen in the US. But also, every August, we notice that some Redditors express [sad](https://www.reddit.com/r/ExclusivelyPumping/comments/1mfq988/world_breastfeeding_week_stuff_is_killing_me/) or [guilty](https://www.reddit.com/r/FormulaFeeders/comments/1ek6yb5/breastfeeding_week/) feelings about World Breastfeeding Week. We’re here to spread science, not sads! If we are doing our job, our science should make you feel BIG, not small. Keep in mind that WBW is a *global* event (supported by WHO, UNICEF and many health partners) and sadly many breastfeeding experiences around the world are unfair—but for different reasons in different places. But also, breastfeeding is part of the human story, so WBW is also a celebration of every unique breastfeeding journey. Social science tells us that breastfeeding is a *health equity issue*, not a lifestyle choice. Sure, “promoting” breastfeeding is cool, you know what’s cooler? Creating societies anybody can breastfeed if they want to (i.e. the “[warm chain](https://waba.org.my/warm-chain/)”). Every year WBW explores new ways to do this better. The WBW theme for 2026 is focused on the UN Sustainable Development Goals related to nutrition, food security and poverty reduction and hyping solutions that actually work. 🌍🍃 Science belongs to—and matters to—*everyone*. We hope that by the end of the day you feel the same wonder that we do about this very adooorable science. Ask us anything!! * [**Meghan Azad, PhD**](https://umanitoba.ca/medicine/department-pediatrics-and-child-health/faculty-staff/meghan-azad) **(**[**u/MilkScience**](https://www.reddit.com/user/MilkScience/)**)** is a biochemist and epidemiologist who specializes in human milk composition and the infant microbiome. Dr. Azad holds a Canada Research Chair in Early Nutrition and the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. She is a Professor of Pediatrics and Child Health and director of the [THRiVE Discovery Lab](https://www.thrivediscovery.ca/thrive-lab-members.html) at the University of Manitoba. She co-founded the Manitoba Interdisciplinary Lactation Centre ([MILC](http://www.milcresearch.com/)), and directs the International Milk Composition Consortium (IMiC). Check out this short [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQvGf5VMtaU) about her research team, her appearance on the [Biomes podcast](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0cbLQamg2M&ab_channel=Dr.RuairiRobertson), and her lab’s [YouTube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpypSOOa2I1LxJp7KN_4zKw). * Bluesky: [@meghanazad.bsky.social](https://bsky.app/profile/meghanazad.bsky.socialhttps:/bsky.app/profile/meghanazad.bsky.social) * [LinkedIn](http://linkedin.com/in/meghanazad/) * **Marion M. Bendixen, PhD, MSN, RN, IBCLC (**[**u/MarionBendixen**](https://www.reddit.com/user/MarionBendixen/)**)** is a nurse scientist and clinical and translational scientist who studies human lactation and maternal/infant health specializing in the biological and physiological mechanisms of insufficient mothers' own milk (MOM) volume among mothers who deliver an infant(s) admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) as well as how MOM influences the infant’s intestinal microbiome. Dr. Bendixen is an Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Florida. She co-created the lactation program at Winnie Palmer Hospital where she practices as a board-certified lactation consultant. * Bluesky: [@mmbendixen.bsky.social](https://bsky.app/profile/mmbendixen.bsky.social) * X: [@UFNursing](https://x.com/UFNursing) * UF Nursing Instagram: [@ufnursing](https://www.instagram.com/ufnursing/) * UF Nursing [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ufcon) * UF Nursing [LinkedIN](https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-florida-college-of-nursing/) * **Sarah Brunson, BA, BSN, MS, Phd(c), RN, IBCLC (**[**u/LactFact-42**](https://www.reddit.com/user/LactFact-42/)**)** is an Internationally Board-Certified Lactation consultant who has practiced since 2009 in pediatric clinics, hospitals, birth centers, home settings, and public health. She currently practices at the Medical University of South Carolina where she has developed numerous education programs for nursing staff and residents to improve lactation care in the Mother Baby and Neonatal Intensive Care Units. She is a PhD candidate in Nursing with a focus in Maternal/Child Health and Lactation at the University of South Carolina College of Nursing. She has served as the Chair of South Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition for the last six years during which time she has developed a Website with information for parents, providers, and employers; directs a project to map lactation resources in the state that are searchable by address; and organizes quarterly education webinars and conferences. * [LinkedIn](http://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-brunson-ms-rn-ibclc-89557526) * SC Breastfeeding Coalition on [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/SCBreastfeedingCoalition) * SC Breastfeeding Coalition on [Instagram](http://www.instagram.com/scbreastfeedingcoalition) * [www.SCBreastfeeds.org](http://www.scbreastfeeds.org/) * **Jill Demirci, PhD, RN, IBCLC (**[**u/JillDemirci\_PhD**](https://www.reddit.com/user/JillDemirci_PhD/)**)** is a nurse scientist and lactation researcher who studies how families make human milk feeding decisions and sustain breastfeeding, particularly when support is complicated by medical, social, or structural barriers. Dr. Demirci is an Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing and directs both the Maternal/Perinatal and Reproductive Health Research Hub and the Nursing Office of Innovation & Impact. Her work focuses on telelactation and mHealth infant feeding support, antenatal milk expression, milk sharing, donor milk access, and culturally responsive and community-based lactation support. She is the former Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Human Lactation and a board-certified lactation consultant. * **Miena Hall, MD, IBCLC (**[**u/LactationMD**](https://www.reddit.com/user/LactationMD/)**)** is a lactation medicine physician who studies techniques for identifying mammary tissue development issues which put individuals at risk for low milk production and improving lactation education in medical schools. Dr. Hall teaches med students at the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine and the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, and is Director of Scientific Affairs at the Mothers’ Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes. Dr. Hall is a member of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) protocol committee on low milk production, a medical advisor to La Leche League International (LLLI), and a past president of the Northern Illinois Lactation Consultant Organization (NILCA). She also holds a Bachelor's degree in math and chemistry. * [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578264680105) * Instagram: @[lactationmd](https://www.instagram.com/lactationmd) * [lactationmd.com](https://www.lactationmd.com/) * [**Kaytlin Krutsch, PhD, PharmD, MBA, BCPS**](https://infantrisk.com/our-team#:~:text=practice%20and%20research.-,KAYTLIN,-KRUTSCH%20PHARMD%20MBA) **(**[**u/PharmacoLactation**](https://www.reddit.com/user/PharmacoLactation/)**)** is a lactation pharmacologist who literally wrote the book on medications in human milk with Dr. Thomas Hale, [Hale's Medications and Mothers' Milk](https://www.halesmeds.com/). She is the director of the [InfantRisk Center](https://infantrisk.com/) and Associate Professor at the [Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center](https://ttuhsc.edu/) School of Medicine, and advises the Food and Drug Administration, the Human Milk Banking Association of Northern America, and pharmaceutical industry on lactation pharmacology and lactation research. Dr. Krutsch believes families deserve better answers about breastfeeding and medication questions, and aims to design research that addresses their questions while creating a comprehensive information cycle that empowers families. * LinkedIn: [Dr. Krutsch](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaytlin-krutsch-phd-pharmd-mba-bcps-a02799b0/) * Instagram: @[infantrisk](https://www.instagram.com/infantrisk/) * Facebook: [InfantRiskCenter](https://www.facebook.com/InfantRiskCenter) * Website: [InfantRisk.com](https://infantrisk.com/) * **Bridget McGann (**[**u/BabiesAndBones**](https://www.reddit.com/user/BabiesAndBones/)**)** is an anthropologist who studies how lactation shaped us as a species. She is a research assistant and science communicator at [THRiVE Discovery Lab](https://www.thrivediscovery.ca/kt.html). She has a Bachelors in Anthropology and is a Masters student in Biological Anthropology at the University of Colorado Denver. Her thesis uses longitudinal, prospective, large cohort data to study the generational transmission of the human milk microbiome. She was also a founding team member at March for Science. Check out her [stand-up act about Luke Skywalker's green milk](https://youtu.be/v4PRiBEjq7k?si=pi5aSU6c9MCODpz2), or her [top comments](https://www.reddit.com/user/babiesandbones/comments/?sort=top). * BlueSky: [@bridgetmcgann.medsky.social](https://bsky.app/profile/bridgetmcgann.medsky.social) * Instagram: [@Raising\_Wonder](https://instagram.com/raising_wonder) * TikTok: [raisingwonder](https://www.tiktok.com/@raisingwonder) * [**Ryan Pace, PhD**](https://health.usf.edu/nursing/research/researchers/ryan-pace) **(**[**u/\_RyanPace\_**](https://www.reddit.com/user/_RyanPace_/)**)** is an Assistant Professor in the [College of Nursing](https://health.usf.edu/nursing/) and [USF Health Microbiomes Institute](https://health.usf.edu/medicine/microbiome/) at the University of South Florida. He also serves as an Associate Editor for [Breastfeeding Medicine](https://journals.sagepub.com/home/BFM). Dr. Pace’s translational research integrates microbiome science, immunology, and molecular biology to understand how lactation and early-life microbial colonization shape maternal and infant health. His research focuses on the interplay among maternal diet, human milk bioactive components, the maternal and infant microbiomes, and host immune function to identify mechanisms that influence infant development and disease risk and to inform evidence-based interventions that improve maternal and child health.  * [Twitter](https://twitter.com/Dr_RyanPace) * [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-pace-32628867/) * [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=MyeezIIAAAAJ&hl=en) * [**Rebecca Powell, PhD, CLC**](https://labs.icahn.mssm.edu/rebecca-powell-lab/) **(**[**u/HumanMilkLab**](https://www.reddit.com/user/HumanMilkLab/)**)** is a human milk immunologist who studies the human milk immune response to infection and vaccination with the aim of designing maternal vaccines aimed to enhance this response. Dr. Powell is an Assistant Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and a certified lactation counselor. Her lab studies the potential of SARS-CoV-2-reactive antibodies in human milk both as a COVID-19 therapeutic and as a means to prevent infection of breastfed babies. They also study mechanisms for maternal vaccines to prevent mother-to-child-transmission (MTCT) of HIV via breastfeeding, as well as how white blood cells in human milk use a process called antibody-dependent cellular phagocytosis (ADCP) to minimize MTCT via breastfeeding. * Instagram: [@sinaihumanmilklab](https://www.instagram.com/sinaihumanmilklab/) * **Sam Stead, PhD (**[**u/Mammals-Milk**](https://www.reddit.com/user/Mammals-Milk/)**)** is a postdoctoral researcher in the [THRiVE Discovery Lab](https://www.thrivediscovery.ca/thrive-lab-members.html) at the University of Manitoba. An evolutionary anthropologist by training, she studies how chronic stress during pregnancy and lactation influences child growth, development, and behaviour, and whether human milk composition plays a role in these relationships. Her current research focuses on stress-related hormones and other bioactive compounds in human milk as potential links between maternal experiences and child health. She completed her PhD at the University of Toronto, where she studied maternal and infant outcomes in wild Angolan colobus monkeys in Uganda. Her research combines evolutionary, biological, and developmental perspectives to understand how early-life experiences shape lifelong health. * [**Sanoji Wijenayake**](https://www.wijelab.ca/team/dr-wijenayake/)**, Ph.D. (**[**u/Wijenayake\_Lab**](https://www.reddit.com/user/Wijenayake_Lab/)**)** is the Canada Research Chair in Milk Nanovesicles and Applied Health and an Associate Professor of cell and molecular biology. Dr. Wijenayake studies the biologically active parts of human milk. Specifically, she studies a not-so-well known component of human milk, called milk nanovesicles. One can think of milk nanovesicles as emails. Similar to how emails carry text, images, and videos from a sender to a recipient, milk nanovesicles carry biological material between mothers and their children. Milk nanovesicles are anti-inflammatory and hold great therapeutic potential as drug carriers that can get to difficult places, like the brain. * [www.wijelab.ca](http://www.wijelab.ca/) * [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanoji-wijenayake-ph-d-59040045/) EDIT: That’s a wrap everyone! Once again, we have been blown away by the thoughtfulness of Redditors’ questions! One of the reasons we love doing this every year is because your questions spark such interesting discussions amongst ourselves in our zoom. We did notice that, unfortunately, some questions had to be deleted by the mods per the sub rules due to being too clinical in nature. We recognize that it can be really tough to get clear, evidence-based guidance—either because of lack of specialists in your area, because insurance doesn’t cover the care you need, or simply because the answers don’t exist due to underfunding of this area of research. We want you to know we are working hard on improving access to expertise. Look for board-certified lactation consultants (look for IBCLC after their name), and remember that we now have board-certified lactation medicine practitioners as well (NABBLM). This may be it for us today, but the boob party doesn’t end here! Aug 8-14: [Indigenous Milk Medicine Week](https://www.indigenousmilkmedicinecollective.org/) Aug 25-31: [Black Breastfeeding Week](https://blackbreastfeedingweek.org/) Thank you for your amazing questions everyone! See you next year!

Oh yes, please lecture me about Medicare for All from Michigan. Michigan is a case study in how to wreck healthcare. Your university health system encumbers the entire state. Your attorney general regulates nonprofits and does nothing. Your governor defends Certificate of Need laws, which protect incumbents and keep competition out. Every lever Michigan touches makes healthcare more expensive. Higher premiums. Less competition. More hospital power. And somehow the answer is always more government control from the same people who built the mess. I will take healthcare advice from Michigan the day Michigan stops being a warning label.

Christian, a Traditional Bachelor of Science in Nursing student at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in #Lubbock is savoring the last six months of his program with his classmates. Students in the Traditional BSN program study for four consecutive semesters (often called “levels”). The #TTUHSC School of Nursing offers all four “levels,” of the Traditional BSN program in Abilene, Amarillo, Lubbock, Mansfield and Odessa.

The latest class of Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) graduates at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Amarillo were recently honored with a pinning and lamp lighting ceremony. Graduates received their BSN pins before their commencement ceremony that took place last Saturday at the @United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock. 🪔 This tradition pays homage to Florence Nightingale, considered the mother and pioneer of nursing, who stayed up late at night checking on ailing soldiers in the hospital and on the battlefield during the Crimean War. 🌟 Congratulations to Morgan May, the recipient of the BSA Health System Bright Star Award!

[US] 20+ Nurse jobs that opened this week Found some hot new Nurse roles and wanted to share them here before they disappear. Check them out! - [Organ Donation Coordinator I - ICU level RN/RT](https://omnijobs.io/en/jobs/8285753?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=aug-3-nurseJobs) @ New England Donor Services - 💰 $50 – $52/h - [Cardiology Nurse Practitioner/ Physician Assistant](https://omnijobs.io/en/jobs/8283958?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=aug-3-nurseJobs) @ MedElite - 💰 $60–90K/y - [PCA- PRN](https://omnijobs.io/en/jobs/8282241?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=aug-3-nurseJobs) @ Asbury Communities - 💰 $15/h - [Freelance Clinicians](https://omnijobs.io/en/jobs/8282701?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=aug-3-nurseJobs) @ League - [LPN (Loudoun County, VA)](https://omnijobs.io/en/jobs/8281000?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=aug-3-nurseJobs) @ Ennoble Care - 💰 ~$62K/y - [Clinical Nurse - PreOp Clinic, Full-time, Days](https://omnijobs.io/en/jobs/8279974?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=aug-3-nurseJobs) @ Northwestern Memorial Healthcare - 💰 $36 – $58/h - [Family Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant](https://omnijobs.io/en/jobs/8280976?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=aug-3-nurseJobs) @ One Medical - 💰 $138–165K/y - [LPN NOC Shift - Maravilla Scottsdale](https://omnijobs.io/en/jobs/8279036?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=aug-3-nurseJobs) @ Senior Resource Group, LLC - [Care Associate - Memory Care (MC) Full Time](https://omnijobs.io/en/jobs/8279042?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=aug-3-nurseJobs) @ Senior Lifestyle - [BSN Instructor - Med/Surg - Part time](https://omnijobs.io/en/jobs/8278569?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=aug-3-nurseJobs) @ Unitek Learning - 💰 $50 – $65/h - [Weekend Start of Care Registered Nurse, Home Health Visits](https://omnijobs.io/en/jobs/8278209?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=aug-3-nurseJobs) @ BAYADA - 💰 $55 – $62/h - [Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant](https://omnijobs.io/en/jobs/8275670?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=aug-3-nurseJobs) @ Salud Family Health - 💰 $98–132K/y - [Nurse-LPN](https://omnijobs.io/en/jobs/8274438?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=aug-3-nurseJobs) @ JBS USA - 💰 $27/h - [Bilingual Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - Oregon, Remote](https://omnijobs.io/en/jobs/8282770?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=aug-3-nurseJobs) @ Ascend Healthcare - 💰 $165–175K/y - [MDS Coordinator (RN/LPN) – On-Site in Centennial | 32 hrs/week](https://omnijobs.io/en/jobs/8274077?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=aug-3-nurseJobs) @ Christian Living Communities - 💰 $73–100K/y - [Wellness Nurse Manager 7am-7pm $35-40.75 (Full Time)](https://omnijobs.io/en/jobs/8273457?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=aug-3-nurseJobs) @ The Princeton Senior Living - 💰 $35 – $40/h - [Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - No Weekends](https://omnijobs.io/en/jobs/8271595?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=aug-3-nurseJobs) @ Dungarvin - [Wellness Nurse (LPN) - Per Diem All Shifts](https://omnijobs.io/en/jobs/8271608?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=aug-3-nurseJobs) @ Monarch Communities - 💰 ~$32/h - [Licensed Massage Therapists, San Ramon](https://omnijobs.io/en/jobs/8276359?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=aug-3-nurseJobs) @ Equinox - 💰 ~$16/h - [Nurse](https://omnijobs.io/en/jobs/8245908?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=aug-3-nurseJobs) @ Northbridge Communities - 💰 $36 – $40/h - [Nurse-LPN](https://omnijobs.io/en/jobs/8244371?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=aug-3-nurseJobs) @ Pilgrim's - 💰 $27/h - [Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)](https://omnijobs.io/en/jobs/8251824?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=aug-3-nurseJobs) @ LifeStance Health - 💰 $200–250K/y - [Registered Nurse (RN) Medical Surgical-FT-Days](https://omnijobs.io/en/jobs/8252737?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=aug-3-nurseJobs) @ Wellstar Health System, Inc. - 💰 ~$10K/y - [Nutrition Care Assistant](https://omnijobs.io/en/jobs/8253482?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=aug-3-nurseJobs) @ SYSTEM West Virginia University Health System - [Registered Nurse - Physician Practice](https://omnijobs.io/en/jobs/8257812?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=aug-3-nurseJobs) @ Lehigh Valley Hospital - [Care Partner PRN - Adult Ambulatory Bronchoscopy Lab](https://omnijobs.io/en/jobs/8264417?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=aug-3-nurseJobs) @ Vanderbilt University Medical Center - [Inpatient Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner](https://omnijobs.io/en/jobs/8272273?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=aug-3-nurseJobs) @ Pasadena Hospital Association, LTD dba Huntington Health - [Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN](https://omnijobs.io/en/jobs/8273009?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=aug-3-nurseJobs) @ NMC USA National Medical Care Inc - [Advanced Practice Registered Nurse - Orthopedics - Full Time](https://omnijobs.io/en/jobs/8274886?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=aug-3-nurseJobs) @ Academy Like the post if I should keep doing more of these, Cheers!

Living organ donation FAQ: What potential donors should know Did you know you can donate a kidney or part of your liver while you're still alive? Living organ donation can offer transplant recipients better outcomes and a faster recovery. It can also allow them to receive a transplant without waiting for a deceased donor organ to become available on the national transplant list. Here are answers to some common questions about living organ donation: **Do you have to be related to someone to become a living organ donor?** No. Living donors do not have to be related to the person receiving their organ. A directed donation goes to a specific person, while a non-directed, or altruistic, donation goes to someone the donor does not know. **What happens if you're not compatible with the person you want to donate to?** You may still be able to help through a paired exchange. Your organ can go to a compatible recipient while your intended recipient receives an organ from another donor. Living donors at University Health have participated in three-way, four-way and even larger donor chains. **What is recovery like after living organ donation?** Recovery depends on the organ and the individual. Kidney donors tend to recover in about four to six weeks, while liver donors may take up to eight weeks. When you can return to work also depends on the type of job you have and how physically demanding it is. Living organ donation is a major surgery and, like any surgery, carries risks. Donors may experience pain, fatigue, trouble sleeping, shortness of breath or constipation during recovery. Severe complications are rare but can occur. **Can you donate more than one organ?** Yes. A person can donate one kidney and part of their liver, although the donations cannot be done at the same time. **Can living donors meet the person who receives their organ?** They can if both the donor and recipient agree. University Health also hosts transplant reveals, where donors and recipients can meet for the first time. **Who can become a living organ donor?** Potential donors go through an evaluation and testing process to determine whether donation is appropriate for them. Requirements differ for kidney and liver donation and include factors such as age, overall health and having a stable living situation with family or social support. Considering becoming a living donor or want to know more about the process? Read our [Living Donor FAQ](https://www.universityhealth.com/blog/living-donor-faq?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=forum&utm_campaign=transplant_2026&utm_content=living_organ_donor_faq_blog_subreddit_08182026) for donor stories, eligibility requirements, recovery information and resources that can help you take the next step. --- *Educational information for this post was adapted from University Health content featuring Shanna Puente, assistant director of the Champion for Life program.* *Disclaimer: This information is for educational purposes only and does not substitute for professional medical advice. Living organ donation involves major surgery and potential risks. Talk with your health care team about any questions you have regarding living organ donation.*

Use Medicaid, not the University health insurance - it's Free and Way Better Medicaid is not means tested (not based on Assets, Food Stamps/SNAP are). When your Monthly Income (Not Annual) drops to zero, you are now eligible for Medicaid - starting the MBA and leaving your old job is a valid 'change of life status'. Medicaid is the best insurance ever - the closest thing we have to national healthcare. No arguing over bills via endless AI automated menus. Basically everything is covered and hospitals love dealing with them - the gov't always pays. Had a big bill covered completely as it was within 3 months prior to starting Medicaid as well. Awesome people work there - they want to get you covered. Check [healthcare.gov](http://healthcare.gov/) to confirm in your state. University hospital didn't know we could do this and asked me to let people know. Your MBA counts as the 80 hours / month of education and training necessary to maintain Medicaid eligibility for 2027. Good luck on your MBA, and take an extra trek with the money you saved! Note: Obamacare (also [healthcare.gov](http://healthcare.gov) ) is also highly subsidized when your monthly income drops, if you still worked a few days in your start month. Can be paid and canceled on a monthly basis.

Insurance while waiting for initial OPT I’ve graduated may 2026, applied for initial opt in april. My university health insurance has expired, so I'm currently looking for temporary coverage. I plan to get a better plan once I land a job, but I need something cheap in the meantime. Does anyone have recommendations for affordable, short-term health insurance for international students/recent grads? And before anyone warns me about the risks of cheap insurance, believe me, I know! I’ve had three surgeries from a bike accident in the past, so I know an emergency can happen at any time. I don’t ever leave my room, don’t do anything stupid, so pretty much safe. I just need a budget-friendly option for the next few months. Thanks!

Monash University Health Services Hey, Have been told by my GP many times now to get an ADHD diagnosis so I can get medicated, but it’s so expensive to just get an appointment, does anyone know if there’s any services for Monash uni students (or just students in general) that can make this even a little bit cheaper?

Best places for Nurses to work in this city? Saw a post about University Health and seems like no one had anything nice to say. Currently in Florida looking to move to San Antonio in the next couple of months. I have 1.5 years of step down experience but I want to get into behavioral health. Where do you guys recommend I work?