S1.E14- Soapbox Saturday: Bogus Bootstraps

Soapbox Saturday is a segment of Nursing the Nation where either Jamie or Melissa Anne step up on their figurative soapbox and talk about something they feel strongly about. Today's Soapbox is all about social determinants of health: the economic, environmental, and social conditions that shape our well-being long before we step into a doctor’s office or hospital. Jamie challenges the narratives we've been fed as part of American grit and resilience and instead asks listeners to look upstream for the systemic causes of why some people never reach their full health potentials.

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