Congenital Heart Defect Video

Hi all! It took longer than I thought to create this video, but I hope you enjoy. It was an honor to celebrate Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week!

National Congenital Heart Disease Awareness Week Feb 7-14

I am so proud to celebrate National Congenital Heart Disease "CHD" Awareness Week, February 7-14. I didn't realize this blog aimed to connect individuals with health information and community resources would get so personal so fast. My cousin, Hyrum, passed away eight years ago in March from a congenital heart defect. This experience lives with me daily and has fueled my desire to create this humble blog. I will highlight resources each day in honor of him and this week but am particularly inspired by these:

• Paul Cardall's blog, who is one of my heroes, along with this video he made featuring 100+ children with CHD
• The Faces of CHD - Congenital Heart Disease Awareness Week Pinterest Page - check out this amazing pinterest page and add your own story. It was started by these amazing mothers. Check out their blogs here: Ruth H., Stefanie and Becca.
• Intermountain Healing Hearts: a support group for families of children or adults with congenital heart defects (CHD’s) and heart disease. Most of their members live in the Intermountain West (Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, Montana, and Utah) and are seen through the cardiology clinic located in Primary Children’s Medical Center (PCMC) in Salt Lake City, Utah. Intermountain Healing Hearts offer resources and a caring support network as families find answers and move forward to find healing and hope.

Welcome Utah Student Nurses!

We need your help! Thank you for the Utah Student Nurse's Association for a wonderful convention! We are trying to create a site to highlight mainly Utah support groups and community resources but also welcome online resources and national support groups. If you would like to contribute a blog post or have a recommendation of a group or resource we should highlight please email us.  Hopefully this website will soon be a powerful resource for student nurses, nurses, patients, practitioners and the public to find health resources in Utah.
In your email please include as much of the information below as possible:

• Event/Resource title and proposed tag
• Short description: especially highlighting upcoming events, speakers and fundraisers
• Contact: email, website, phone number, blog, facebook group, twitter (the more the better!)
• Location 
• Picture/logo with html link location

Thank you for your help! This is what nursing is about!