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eriverarn.bsky.social
PhD, RN, she/her https://nursing.uic.edu/profiles/rivera-eleanor/
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also you guys the library??? We all gotta be using it more. An incredible public good. Walk in, get anything that interests you, check out for a total of zero dollars, walk out. anyone against it is my nemesis

submitted 15 days ago • 38 comments

I think in part the higher education funding crisis and the LLM-teaching crisis actually strike at the same problem, which is that education doesn't work without a broad, society-wide sense that the *actual content* of education - not the credential - is valuable.

submitted 35 days ago • 20 comments

Hey, did you know there's an alternative to ChatGPT that makes sense economically and doesn't destroy the environment? It's called English majors and they will happily fix all of your documents for the low price of health insurance and a living wage.

submitted 64 days ago • 65 comments

Inside us there are two wolves

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

Chronic kidney disease often goes undiagnosed, but early detection can prevent severe outcomes. A nursing professor explains what you need to know to keep your kidneys healthy: buff.ly/JNxzFSR @eriverarn.bsky.social, University of Illinois Chicago

submitted 81 days ago • 1 comment

A new article I wrote in collaboration with @us.theconversation.com on the importance of being diagnosed and treated for early-stage kidney disease - how we're falling behind in our clinical goals, and how patients can advocate for themselves: theconversation.com/chronic-kidn...

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further

submitted 102 days ago • 90 comments

This thread was so generously shared and is beautifully, intelligently stated. It's exactly what I needed to hear to knock me out of my existential despair spiral.

submitted 147 days ago • 0 comments

I have taken the resources that were in the budget and which you were probably saving for higher education Forgive me they were needed to feed the AI bubble and to dismantle the humanities

submitted 153 days ago • 20 comments

Hear me out... when I was pregnant and feeling horrible and hated all food I think I would have consented to this

submitted 152 days ago • 0 comments

@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social is always there for you when you need him

submitted 190 days ago • 0 comments

"For both patients and providers, prior authorization can feel like an unfair game they are designed to lose." Honored to work w/ Dr @nathangray.bsky.social on a graphic op-ed out now @usatoday.com on how #PriorAuth can leave some patients literally dying in pain. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

submitted 192 days ago • 6 comments

Sometimes developing discipline is simply deciding Future You is someone worth taking care of.

submitted 196 days ago • 21 comments