Ask The Nurses Episode 60

Michelle Thomas  - RN , BSN, CCM Michelle has been a registered nurse for 25 years. She practices in the state of NC and holds a multistate license. She has worked in adult medicine both inpatient and outpatient. Within adult medicine, she has worked in medical-surgical, pulmonology, HIV, and geriatrics. She also worked in pediatric primary and urgent care for 7 years and has worked on the insurance side of healthcare for third-party administrators and as a worker's compensation nurse. In most recent years to present, Michelle works full time as the Director of Medical Management for a national healthcare brokerage firm as well as part-time as a telehealth triage nurse triaging patient calls for over four hundred medical practices across eight states.  After years of working on the insurance side, Michelle realized that the industry is one that financially benefits from keeping people sick. It was then that she began to research health, wellness, and disease prevention and began advocating for patients through education.  Education empowers her patients to take control of their own health and find wellness. She has helped coach patients into healthier states free from the need for chronic disease medications. While realizing allopathic medicine has its place, Michelle realizes the body's natural ability to heal itself if given the right framework. She joined American Frontline Nurses after witnessing the mismanagement of covid patients due to hospital protocols resulting in medical negligence, mismanagement, and even gross negligence. She began speaking out and advocating to help get patients home and to keep them out of the hospitals.   To date, she has helped numerous patients survive, recover, and start a journey to a healthier life. Support the Show.Thanks for listening and make sure to rate us on the podcast platform you are listening to!