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Shield of Health
The Shield of Health Heart was created to shield nurses for things that are coming in, but also be an outward shield to show all the things that nurses do. The shield is covered in logos to tell you a lot about all the different things that nurses must think about all the time. Through the pandemic, everyone has had a lot of shifting perspectives and that's healthy, let's keep that going. As healthcare providers, we don't want credit all the time. But, we do want to be seen. I think when people see us now through the pandemic, there's a different perspective. I want to make sure that a new perspective is focused on and it is in the direction that's beneficial. To show that we are still here, we are still holding strong.
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Artist Spotlight
Blake Bryant
Blake is a registered nurse by trade and works for the University of Kansas Health System and in 2023 will graduate from KUMC with his doctorate in nurse practice to become a Dermatology Nurse Practitioner. Prior to his health career, he obtained a degree in digital media and corporate communications/leadership at Washburn University. Since then, he has explored creative mediums from illustrating, digital drawing, lettering work, sewing, needlepoint, watercolor, glass etching, and most recently vinyl cutting. As a non-artist Artist, my ideas and designs come from a place of rigidity and my working processes is to let it flow and capture it at that moment. Blake is a tech guru, aquarium hobbyist, coffee connoisseur, and at times is described by friends to be a jack-of-all-trades.