Patient advocacy · local + virtual

You don’t have to figure out healthcare alone.

When the words are unfamiliar, the decisions feel heavy, or your family needs a steady hand, I’ll sit beside you and help make the next step clear.

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35years at the bedside
from the ER to the ORRN, BSNclinical experience
with a human touch

Tuscaloosa based
Serving families virtually

Appointments✦Surgery✦Hospital stays✦Care transitions✦Family communication

Someone in your corner

The system moves fast.
I slow it down.

I’ve spent 35 years watching good people leave hospital rooms unsure of what they heard, what they agreed to, or what they were supposed to do next.

My job is to stay with the questions. I translate medical language into plain language, help families prepare for hard conversations, and make sure the details that matter don’t get lost.

Why I do this work ↗

How I help

Care feels different when someone knows what to ask.

A clear second set of ears

I help you prepare for appointments, understand what was said, and leave knowing what comes next.

Support through surgery

From the questions before surgery to a safer plan for coming home, we think ahead together.

A voice when care gets complicated

When teams, medications, or discharge plans don’t line up, I help your family ask direct questions.

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Shira celebrating twenty years of nursing service

The experience behind the care

From a rural Alabama ER to your kitchen table.

“You don’t know what you don’t know. That should never keep you from getting the care you deserve.”

I started nursing at 24 in a small hospital in Greensboro, Alabama. Patients called the ambulance the “sick wagon,” which taught me early on that medical language can often be a wall between people and their own care.

Meet Shira

From Shira’s notebook