#Migration Health Nurse

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Migration Health Nurse at International Organization for Migration

Migration Health Nurse at International Organization for Migration

Job Description Position Title: Migration Health Nurse Duty Station: Kasulu, Tanzania, United Republic of Classification: Professional Staff, Grade P2 Type of Appointment: Fixed term, one year with possibility of extension Estimated Start Date: As soon as possible Closing Date: 04 January 2023 Established in 1951, IOM is a Related Organization of the United Nations, and as the leading UN agency…

[tk-duveraun]

During his Abyss mourning years, SY manages to travel by himself to watch the migration of Demonic Purple Liege Butterflies, so he's just out in a field when a tear in reality opens up and LBH falls out, broken, beaten, slightly charred and fresh out of the Abyss

SY is, sadly, a deeply stupid man and instead of running cleans him up and nurses him back to health in the cottage he's rented to watch the migration. Maybe he's waving his own death flags, but what is he supposed to do? Leave LBH to suffer more?

Imagine his surprise when LBH wakes up and cries with joy to be reunited with his Shizun and home(ish)

He doesn't remember how he fell into the abyss

[dairy-farmer]

Mer au where Tim is not a mer but everyone else in the Batfam is.

His parents are still archeology enthusiasts but instead of buying a manor in Gotham they bought it elsewhere.

The elsewhere being a secluded place next to the sea.

Tim grows up next to the water and learns to swim before he learns to walk.

He takes diving lessons and everything!

During his exploration of the near water he even discoverd a underground cave that led to his basement(it didn't at the time but it did climb quite close and he begged his parents to connet the two so that he could get a secret base of operation).

When he's 12 he mets a injured merman who he decides to help.

Tim drags him to his base --- which has since been furnished with everything he may need --- and nurses him to health!

The merman tries to introduce himself to Tim but Tim cannot pronaunce his name properly so he settles for calling the merman Bruce.

Burce swims off and Tim thinks that was it.

He's wrong as after some time Bruce returns with 2 other mermen.

Tim butchers their name to Dick and Jason respectivly.

They make a lair with another cave close to this one, with the major diffrence being that their cave doesn't have a above the water part.

They spend time together and become friends!(Tim's POV the other 3 are wondering what is this strange creature and is it breedable)

Then another mermen comes, this one resembling Bruce in a way the other 2 just didn't, and he maims Tim when's he's swimming alone causing him to nearly die.

Thankfully this doesn't deter Tim as after seeing that this new mer, Damian, gets readily accepted into the friendly pod he is more than ready to endure some maining if it means not being ostrocized by his only friends.

After a long of forced bonding activity supervised by others or with a stun gun they finnaly start to get along.

Then breeding season comes.

Tim usually stays out of the Water this time of the year because he doesn't want to get killed when his friends are extra territorial( in actuallity he would just get mated, it is irrelevant that because of his diffrent biology he woulndn't get pregnant, that's what's adoptions for!).

But this time he was was suprised in his base by Damian who didn't look murderous so he asumed that Damian was too young to be affected by the breeding season.

Wrong!

When he gets close Damian starts preforming tricks that Tim has seen his family do numerous times but never Damian specificlly.

Afrer the dance is over Damian swims down and brings above the water a huge fish that he presents Tim with.

Tim accepts the fish and wants to initate psychical contanct in the form of a hug to thank Damian but then gets breed :)

After the breeding season is over the pod is a bit displeased with Damian as Bruce was supposed to be the one to first mate Tim but no matter!

Nothing they can't fix with a bit of ☆extra☆ care :)

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tim becoming the shared mate of a bunch of mers 😍😍😍😍!!!!

all of them coo over tim as they work in their prehensile-like cocks into tim's insides and pump him full of release so he can plump up with a little guppy. only he never does??? and they're so confused over why tim isn't getting pregnant even though they breed him nice and full, they even take the time to breed outside of prime breeding season in case they little land walker has a different season. well that and also because they enjoy mating tim. he's so warm.

everything in the ocean is cold and dark and only the mers that can dive really deep are able to enjoy the hot warmth of thermal vents on the sea floor or the mers that make the migration to tropical water every season. but bruce's pod has remained fixed to one area of the ocean for generations and they weren't about to change things up now.

so no one in the pod is used to warmth. but tim?

his body is so warm and hot they all like to curl around him during pod naps even though he's so small. and when they mate him it feels so much better than mating with other mers because his insides are boiling and so warm and they just love rutting against him even when they've already bred him all they want to do is keep their cocks inside his breeding hole.

they're upset with damian for jumping the gun and courting tim during breeding season but they can't really blame him damian has been fixated with the land walker since he got into the spat with him. damian's brand of mers like to fight potential mates just to see how well they can heal. if a mer survives the encounter being bred with a guppy is the natural reward.

but tim isn't carrying young much to damian's disappointment so theyre not completely angry with damian. in fact they take it as permission to begin taking turns with tim.

jason learns he likes how tight tim gets around him. he learns this when while mating with him, animal instinct takes over and just as he's about to finish he dives. it's just instinct for jason to tighten a grip on his mate and dive down to the bottom of the pool, laying him on the ocean floor and starting to fuck and grind harder into him. for a mer that wouldn't be so bad. but the little land walker is fighting for air and just clamps down hard on his cock in the struggle to survive and jason learns he LOVES that.

dick likes cooing at their little pet and situating him on top while dick floats on the surface and watching tim work down on his cock, his little tummy rounding from the size of dick's cock.

bruce is careful, half climbing onto the shore and laying tim on the bank with his legs spread and in the water while bruce goes between them and fucks tim hard and fast with his hands pressed and digging into the sandy shore of the cave.

tim is a wonderful little mate to have and even if he never ends up carrying a sweet guppy they can always just find one. plenty of pods leave behind orphan guppies and they're sure tim will be a wonderful mother to them!!

[imtrashraccoon]

Congrats on the double digits! May I request a DONT imagine with Lord nightmare and baggs with gender neutral y/n?👉🏼👈🏼

Thank you! Of course you may! However, first things first, in The Nightmare of Apathy these two can't stand each other, mostly thanks to clashing egos, but we're going to pretend they don't mind sharing for this.

Don't imagine being at your lowest point in life when a skeleton covered in black goop appears and offers you a new purpose. How he seems to know just the right things to say in order to convince you. How you can sense an ominous aura about him but can't bring yourself to care. How you agree without much of a struggle to serve him.

Don't imagine how he brings you back to his castle and explains that your new purpose is to spread negativity throughout the multiverse. How it takes a few missions to figure out what he means by this. How you soon throw yourself into the thick of it and follow every order without question.

Don't imagine meeting another skeleton after becoming badly injured during one of these missions. How he cares for you and how he nurses you back to health. How you come to learn that he serves as the doctor for the team. How he seems to almost immediately take a liking to you over all the others.

Don't imagine how you start to notice your boss paying more attention to you after you've recovered. How there seems to be some unspoken tension between the two skeletons for a while. How you get the sense that they both like you but neither seem willing to confess at the moment.

Don't imagine how Nightmare seems to be keeping an especially close eye socket on you during missions. How he's quick to pull you out of danger and how he keeps you from becoming injured like before. How whenever anyone touches you, he gives them an icy glare and tries to keep you to himself. How he starts randomly giving you thoughtful or expensive gifts that he knows you'd like.

Don't imagine how Baggs takes time out of his busy schedule to greet you everytime you return from a mission. How he fusses over you and does his best to heal any injuries you do sustain. How he's all too willing to drop everything just to spend time with you. How he seems to brighten up whenever you walk in the room and how he looks at you as if you're the best thing in the world.

Don't imagine when they happen to end up in the same room as you. How they share a knowing glance. How they naturally migrate closer until they're both sitting right next to you.

Don't imagine how Nightmare subtly wraps his tentacles around your hand and arm. How he doesn't acknowledge this and seems more interested in his book. How Baggs slips his arm behind your back and rests his skull on your shoulder. How he gives you a sleepy smile and takes a peek at what you're doing.

Don't imagine how domestic this moment feels. How you reciprocate by holding onto Nightmare's tendrils and wrap your other arm around Baggs. Definitely don't imagine how they both stiffen up before relaxing against you. How Nightmare gives you a small smile and squeezes your hand. How Baggs hums softly and nuzzles into your neck. How this feels just right somehow.

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[tinycheesecakedetective]

The New Yogurt Council

With so many people living in the republic, it takes a village to fulfill the needs of every citizen. Luckily, the council is more than well equipped to handle anything that comes their way! Handpicked by Blueberry Milk Cookie himself, these elite seven help keep the republic going with their unique talents and skills.

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Panna Cotta Cookie, Head of Agriculture (She/Her)

DOB: June 29th Likes: Berries, Silent Films, Streams Dislikes: Black, Vandalism, Herring Jellies Symbol: Cornucopia

Panna Cotta Cookie grew up in the countryside, and is no stranger to hard work and discipline. With her knowledge and her skills as a "crop whisperer", House Panna Cotta became well known for it's bountiful harvests. It's no wonder she was requested by the new republic!

Fun Fact: Panna Cotta Cookie keeps a wine cellar under one of her production factories. Allegedly it's to keep it away from a certain cookie in her life...

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Meringata Cookie, Head of Finances and Businesses (He/Him)

DOB: February 5th Likes: Designer Brands, Competitions Dislikes: Off Brand Items, Disorganization, Losing Symbol: Coin

Fashionable, timely, and incredibly picky, Meringata Cookie has gained quite the notoriety for his outfits and airy personality. But don't let yourself be fooled! This cookie is ruthless when it comes to his goals, and will do anything to stay on top of the business empire he baked.

Fun Fact: He has named each one of the suits he wears. His current outfit is named Orange Liquor.

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Pistachio Gelato Cookie, Head of Magic (She/They)

DOB: March 17th Likes: Birds, Grape Flavored Jellies, Ice Cream, Snakes Dislikes: Raisins, Potions, Blueberry Milk Cookie Symbol: Four-pointed Star

What would you do if you had the weight of the world on your shoulders? As a prodigy in dessert magic and the youngest council member, she's been living in the shadow of Blueberry Milk for as long as they've held a flask. They've been pressured to go above and beyond in order to reach expectations she never asked for. And now, they've been taken in to work alongside him. Can she keep up with the council or will they fall to the wayside?

Fun Fact: Before their affinity for dessert magic was discovered, Pistachio Gelato Cookie had an interest in Zoology.

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Buttermilk Cookie, Head of Health & Wellness (She/Her)

DOB: November 12th Likes: Candlelight, Licorice Tea, Rose Bushes Dislikes: Knives, Crowded Spaces, Dogs Symbol: Caduceus

As one of the few cookies that left Parfaedia for New Yogurt City, Buttermilk Cookie had been hoping for a break from her hectic life healing in House Butter. Unfortunately for her, she found herself being the one healer in NYC. Luckily more nurses migrated to the developing city, and she ended up taking them under her wing as the head nurse. With this much experience under her belt, it was a no brainer she ended up as the face of health for the republic.

Fun Fact: As the eldest member of the council, Buttermilk Cookie has taken the time to memorize each council member's specific routines.

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Elderberry Creme Cookie, Head of Justice (He/Him)

DOB: August 8th Likes: Coffee, Coffee Flavored Things, Gardens Dislikes: Snakes, Tardiness, Spicy Things Symbol: Scale

Order in the court! This cookie is the republic's rising star when it comes to maintaining law and order. Elderberry Creme Cookie is a prosecutor that worked closely with MEH(Magical Emergency Handling Department) on special cases involving rogue wizards. With a 95% success rate, he was promoted several times before being offered a spot in the new council. Now he helps keep the peace as the symbol of justice for the republic.

Fun Fact: Elderberry Cookie allegedly has a twin brother he switches places with when he's too swamped with work.

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Tartufo Cookie, Head of Technology (She/Her)

DOB: December 16th Likes: Chocolate, Craft Sets, Meat Jellies Dislikes: Silence, Boredom, Wild Animals Symbol: Wrench

As the newest addition of the council, Tartufo Cookie is ready to catch Parfaedia up to speed with the latest technology! Before coming to the republic, Tartufo Cookie lived in Crispia as an inventor. She often sold her wares at flea markets and fairs before meeting Blueberry Milk during one of his expeditions. Thoroughly impressed with her work, he invited her to Wholegrania to assist with a few pet projects, and made her the head of technology. Now armed with power and resources she had never seen, Tartufo Cookie is more than ready to show just what she's made of.

Fun Fact: Out of all the council members, she's the only one who is incapable of performing any magic.

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Gooseberry Cookie, Head of the Arts (He/They)

DOB: October 29th Likes: Tragedies, Marble Statues, Grape Vines Dislikes: Boats, Removing their Mask, Romance Plots Symbol: Drama Mask

The most enigmatic of the council members, Gooseberry Cookie is just as hard to crack as they are to read; while they have an energetic flare to them, it's hard to read his emotions due to the mask they always wear. Asides from Blueberry Milk himself, Gooseberry is seen mingling with citizens the most and is one of the more popular members because of it.

Fun Fact: Gooseberry Cookie is the only cookie that knows about Blueberry Milk's alter ego.

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[irithnova]

Notes on "Empire of Care : Nursing and Migration in Filipino American History"

Filipino nurse migration to the United States is just one aspect of a larger global flow of predominantly female migrants from the Philippines to over 130 countries.

This migration trend contrasts with early Philippine immigration, which consisted mainly of male labourers to the United States

The migration of highly skilled nurses across borders is both a celebratory sign of their training and expertise but also highlights global power dynamics, where nurses from countries with severe nursing shortages migrate to provide care in highly developed countries like the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.

Despite the important role of Filipino nurse migrants, little is known about their development and experiences.

Existing studies often group Filipino nurse migrants with other Asian professional migrants, which masks the unique aspects of their migration.

These studies often explain Filipino nurse migration through U.S. immigration legislation and economic opportunities, such as the 1965 U.S. Immigration Act and nursing shortages after World War II.

The "brain drain" theory is commonly used to explain professional migration from Asian countries, suggesting that professionals leave due to a lack of opportunities and economic incentives in their home countries.

Filipino nurse migrants are sometimes depicted as impersonal objects of study, preventing a comprehensive understanding of their multidimensional roles as historical agents, professionals, women, and immigrants.

The migration of highly skilled nurses reflects a global power structure where countries with nursing shortages, including the Philippines, send nurses to provide professional nursing care in highly developed countries like the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The World Health Organization (WHO) report highlights the inequitable distribution of nurses worldwide, with developing countries having only 15 percent of the world's nurses despite housing two-thirds of the world's population (Empire of Care).

The culture of migration, shaped by narratives about the promise of immigration to the United States, including media portrayals and experiences shared by Filipino nurse migrants already in the U.S, plays a significant role in motivating Filipino nurses to seek opportunities abroad.

U.S. hospital recruiters actively collaborate with Philippine travel and recruitment agencies to aggressively recruit Filipino nurses, shedding light on what some researchers call the "institutionalisation of migration." However, these aspects are often overlooked in research, leaving a "critical void" in understanding the dynamics of Filipino nurse migration.

The lack of study about the exploitation faced by Filipino nurses from both Philippine and American recruiters and their American hospital employers is concerning. Additionally, the scapegoating of Filipino immigrants during challenging political times and the absence of professional solidarity between Filipino and American nurses remain underexplored issues.

The studies that include Filipino nurse migrants also marginalise and simplify the complex and dynamic history of the colonial relationship between the United States and the Philippines.

Pervasive myths of U.S. exceptionalism and benevolence persist and influence the perception of colonial history, downplaying the violent conquest of the Philippines and the racialized hierarchies it created. These myths are also perpetuated in contemporary times through media narratives about immigration and the incorporation of the "Third World" into the United States.

Despite their highly educated and skilled backgrounds, professional Asian immigrants, including Filipino nurses, still face resentment and hostility, as exemplified by the case of nuclear physicist Wen Ho Lee.

Foreign nurses, especially Filipino nurses, have been criticised for "taking jobs" from American nurses, leading to debates about their immigration and examination requirements. This criticism often overlooks the complex factors involved in Filipino nurse migration and the collaboration between Philippine and U.S. entities in facilitating the process. It also implies that Filipino nurses exploit the United States, rather than the reality of the situation (the United States exploiting Filipino nurses).

The history of U.S. colonialism in the Philippines perpetuated the interrelated myths of "white love" and "little brown brothers." These myths claimed that Americans embraced their colonial subjects with benevolence and enlightened American systems of education, infrastructure, and public health. Not only does this further promote the myths of American benevolence and American exceptionalism , it portrays Americans as superior to their Filipino counterparts in a racialised hierarchy.

American Exceptionalism in this context means Americans juxtaposing themselves against their "Brutal, European counterparts" in order to paint themselves as a benevolent force in the Philippines.

[nursewashing-a]

muse bio below the cut! please read my rules for content warnings associated with this blog.

name: anya nusome gender: cis female (she/her) sexuality: lesbian (closeted / undiscovered for most of her life) age: 28 hometown: moscow, russia nationality: russian height: 5'8" occupation: nurse, trained by pony express nursing courses disabilities & conditions: anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, autism spectrum disorder

personality: anya is a passive, soft-spoken woman with a passion for helping others, but painfully low self esteem. she has difficulty standing up for herself as well as speaking up for herself. she tends to have a fawn response to her trauma, being a people-pleaser and trying to keep the peace. when she isn't feeling threatened, she has a silly and whimsical side to her. beyond that, anya has a passion for the medical field. she's a capable nurse in spite of the troubling situations she's endured. she also has a creative side to her and enjoys drawing and doodling in her spare time, as well as playing board games, listening to music, and reading. she blows off steam by going for runs. she also loves fast food and reality television, though these are guilty pleasures she wouldn't easiy admit out loud.

backstory: anya was born in moscow. raised there only in her early childhood, her parents moved around a lot through russia and various parts of europe. her family eventually migrated to the united states, where anya would spend her ensuing pre-teen years and beyond adjusting to her new home.

when she was twelve, her parents divorced after a particularly tumultuous marriage. when given the choice between parents, anya chose to live with her mother as opposed to her alcoholic father who was prone to violent outbursts when drinking.

anya always had a passion for the medical field and wanted to pursue a career as a nurse and eventually a doctor.

after graduating high school, anya applied to medical school anyway. her application to medical school was rejected - eight times, even. the debt from applying to medical school alone was tremendous and left her desperate to pay back her debt. pony express offered company-exclusive nursing classes, and she took on a job with the company to afford more applications to medical school.

anya spent about several years working with pony express before the horrific incident aboard the tulpar. the last flight she ever took in long haul space freight would be the worst ever. what started as a relatively ordinary trip, save for a new intern joining the crew, ended up being a traumatizing ordeal. amidst the flight, the co-captain jimmy assaulted anya and verbally abused her.

when anya discovered she was pregnant, she told the ship's captain, curly. curly did not protect her from jimmy, much to anya's devastation. instead, anya told jimmy about the pregnancy. he stormed off, walked away.

moments later, the ship crashed.

with captain curly horrifically wounded, anya struggled but succeeded to keep him alive in his mangled state. anya endured this for several months, though gradually her unwanted pregnancy affected her even more, making it easier and easier to get nauseous while taking care of curly. all the while, anya considered taking her own life.

it wasn't until jimmy blew up at her one final time that it pushed her over the edge. the trauma and stress, coupled with a lack of support, was too much for anya to handle. using the medication jimmy obtained from a medical supply cabinet in the hall, anya locked herself in the medical room and made an attempt on her life.

the attempt did not succeed.

the memories that followed became a blur for her - swansea taking out revenge on jimmy, a repair of the cryostasis pods, a distress signal sent out into space. eventually, it was all over.

anya returned to earth.

following the horrific events of the tulpar, anya sought out mental health care, along with getting the abortion she'd desperately needed on the ship. eventually, she returned to the medical field, albeit in a less dangerous way: she found an elementary school that had been endorsed by pony express at one point or another, accepting her job credentials, and became nurse at that elementary school.

about a year or so after the events of that horrible tulpar incident, anya is finally accepted into nursing school.

every little day is a step towards recovery, but she has a long way to go.

[hedgewitchgarden]

Crows as Pets: Is It Legal to Have a Pet Crow?

Can I Keep a Crow as a Pet?

I know. I share that fantasy: A crow would be such a cool pet! But not only is owning or keeping a crow as a pet illegal, it's also unethical, impractical, expensive, and risky to the crow's physical and mental health. Each of these ideas is explored fully below.

Is It Legal to Keep a Crow as a Pet in the US?

In the US, all migratory birds are protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Although crows don't always migrate (only the ones that live in the coldest places do), every type of crow is listed on the Department of the Interior's Federal Register of Migratory Birds. So this means that it is, indeed, illegal to take, possess, export, import, transport, sell, purchase, or trade any crow or any part of a crow (including its feathers) or crows' eggs or nests without a permit. It's also usually illegal to hunt, kill, capture, or take them without a permit.

But what if I find an injured crow and nurse it back to health?

You are never supposed to take a crow in, no matter what, even if it's wounded, even if the crow approaches you first! If you find a crow that needs help, call your local Wildlife Protective Services, and they'll tell you what to do.

In some cases, Wildlife Protective Services will instruct you how to proceed in caring for the bird. Nursing an injured bird is not illegal, but keeping a crow against its will is, so keep this in mind as you proceed.

But what if I find an abandoned crow that needs help?

First, you don't know for sure that crow was abandoned. It might be a fledgling whose parents are out foraging for food to feed it. It might also be injured. It is always illegal to keep or contain a native crow, no matter how much you want or care for it. If in doubt, call your local Wildlife Protective Services.

What if Animal Protection Services doesn't help?

What if you call your local wildlife rehabilitation center but they either can't help or offer to merely euthanize a bird that still might have a chance to live? There are certainly special circumstances where, if you have the ability, time, resources, and knowhow, you might try to rehabilitate an injured bird yourself, but it's important to re-release that animal to the wild as soon as possible.

What if I break the law and take a crow as a pet?

If you take a wild bird and lock it in a cage, you could be charged with a felony for the possession of a crow. It's unlikely (but not impossible!) that they'd press criminal charges, but you'd probably, at the very least, be fined and penalized. After all, the laws are there for a reason. Hopefully, knowing what the laws are will make people stop and think their motives through before trying to trap a crow.

A crow is a wild animal, not a pet. By taking it out of its habitat and away from its family, you invariably endanger the bird.

Can I keep a wild bird in a cage?

Taking a wild thing and putting it into a cage is also unethical and unkind. Especially a small cage, especially without the constant care and supervision a crow needs, and especially since you won't be able to offer it medical treatment (no vet would risk their license to treat your illegal crow). So if the crow ever got sick, it would be entirely your responsibility.

Do Crows Make Good Pets?

For a long list of reasons—both practical and ethical—crows do not make good pets. I know it's an extremely alluring fantasy: You could train it to sit on your shoulder! You could teach it to recite poetry by Edgar Allan Poe!! Maybe it would even go on walks with you!!! But this is one of those fantasy vs. reality situations, and maybe you've been watching too many movies. The realities of crows as pets are explored below.

Why Crows Do Not Make Good Pets

Owning a crow is illegal in every state in the US.

It's morally dubious to take wildlife out of its natural habitat and keep it in a cage. You like your house, but that crow would not choose it on its own.

Experts who deal with crows in wildlife preserves compare taking care of crows to taking care of human infants. That's an infant that never grows up (and it might live 20 years in captivity).

A crow would need constant care, entertainment, feeding, and supervision for the duration of its life. It's a full-time job.

Crows are omnivorous scavengers, so you'd be hard-pressed to feed it the wide variety of fresh foods it needs every day. And it wouldn't be cheap, either.

Crows are extremely social creatures, so if you weren't going to be home every day, you'd need to arrange for company (like a babysitter or another crow or two, which opens another can of worms).

Crows are extremely active and curious creatures and could get easily bored without constant interaction and innovation. They'll need new things, new toys, new activities, new playmates, and new sights to keep them from going nuts.

Crows would need a large custom cage that allowed them to exercise and fly. At the very least, they'd need to stretch their wings and hop around. They'd need access to the outdoors and fresh air, too. I imagine this cage would cost quite a bit and would require a lot of real estate.

Medical care would be a major issue since no vet would risk their license to treat your illegal crow. So if it ever got sick, it would be entirely your responsibility (and fault).

So, to summarize, taking a crow as a pet is like kidnapping a child, one who can't ever become independent in captivity. Not only that, but a crow might live 20 years, so you'd have a very long, difficult, expensive, full-time job tending your hostage.

Would a crow be happy as a pet?

You might try to convince yourself that you'll make a better crow family than a crow would and that your home will be more comfortable than a crow's natural habitat. But you'd be fooling yourself for selfish reasons. Crows are extremely intelligent and social creatures. Without friends and freedom, a crow is likely to get bored, lonely, and depressed.

How can I get closer to crows without owning one?

You could become an accredited Wildlife Rehabilitator or volunteer at your local Wildlife Protection Services. Or, instead of trying to own and possess it, you could simply befriend the crow and let it live its natural life, in the wild, with its own crow family. Free, wild crows are friendly and charming and make great company.

Although they don't make good pets, I do heartily recommend getting to know the crows in your neighborhood. I've spent many years now engaged in a very rich, very fulfilling relationship with the families of crows that live in my area. Read How to Make Friends With Crows for more information.

source: pethelpful

[dwellordream]

“By the 1750s a concern of farming families was the scarcity of good farmland. The fact that an entire continent lay before them gave little comfort to people then living on the eastern seaboard. Parents hoped that their children could settle near them rather than move to a frontier area. But land became more and more expensive, and most families could not afford to buy farms in settled areas for all their children. Some sons and daughters had to migrate. Initially, they moved to distant towns, and then, as the century progressed, to frontier areas such as Maine, western Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and even Ohio.

…The idea of the subsistence farm, on which a family raised everything it needed for a comfortable living, rarely was realized. Most people traded crops, goods, and services. Generally, this was accomplished locally, and many individuals never visited the thriving commercial centers of Boston, New York, and Philadelphia. But they came to depend more and more on people who did, traveling peddlers or local merchants who went to large towns and cities to get goods to trade in rural areas.

…For women, life on an isolated farm was particularly difficult because of the nature of their work roles and health care needs. Men living in rural areas still traveled to town to conduct necessary business such as selling crops and trading goods produced on the farm. Their work in town gave them opportunities for social interaction, the chance to gossip or discuss the political questions of the day. But women generally stayed close to home, restricted by pregnancy, the needs of nursing infants and small children, and their daily work routines.

…Women skillful in the use of medicines and knowledgeable about the human body provided valuable services to their neighbors and communities as well as to their own families. They often were as successful as professional physicians in treating their patients. Like many crafts and trades, healing was learned through an apprenticeship. As a result, the daughters of healers and midwives frequently followed in their mothers’ footsteps, becoming local experts consulted for their special knowledge and skill. This pattern was just as common for African Americans and Indians as it was for whites.

…Literate women often kept medicinal recipes, called ‘receipts,’ in the same books in which they wrote down their cooking recipes. A receipt for cough syrup might be found between recipes for ginger cake and stuffed fowl. In addition, women grew standard ingredients for medicines in their gardens. Herbs such as vervain and Jerusalem oak were known to expel worms in children; caraway relieved colic; and marigold quickened the healing of cuts, bruises, and sprains.

Most women also had experience in attending births. Unlike Native American women, who generally gave birth alone or with one attendant in an isolated location, white women gathered relatives and friends together for births in their own homes. Labor and delivery generally were attended by several female relatives in addition to the midwife. …Husbands stayed at hand, but they were not crucial figures in the birth of their children unless it was not possible for women attendants to be there. (The modern turnabout is interesting: Today husbands generally are present at their children’s births, and female relatives and friends are excluded.)

…Births were almost public affairs in the community of women. During a normal labor, women visited, sewed, exchanged bawdy stories, and gave details of their own past deliveries. Their presence demonstrated women’s concern for each other, the importance of female bonding at this crucial time, and significance accorded a woman’s labor--her travail. Friends wanted to be at the scene, a part of the ritual of birth. They regarded attendance at a birth as both a duty and a privilege. On a more practical level, for the new mother the psychological benefits of having friends nearby was great.

…Like their white mistresses, African-American women preferred to have the company of relatives and friends during childbirth. The work routines of slaves often made this impossible, but women other than midwives sometimes were allowed to leave the fields to assist at births. Black and white women regularly attended each other in childbirth, especially when few women lived within easy traveling distance. White women valued the help of a skilled black midwife, and black women similarly relied on the aid of their white mistresses when their labor began. Childbirth was one occasion that called for the breakdown of racial barriers.

…In order to care for their families, neighbors, and relatives, women needed a broad education in both mundane tasks (such as whitewashing the house and raising vegetables) and activities requiring considerable skill (such as caring for the sick and spinning). Many women knew at least a little about healing, producing cloth. Dairying, and brewing, and they all performed the day-to-day, backbreaking labor of gardening; preparing and preserving food; raising and killing poultry; hauling water; and in between, of course, bearing, breastfeeding, and caring for young children.

…Women were most in need of household assistance when their children were young. One infant usually did not prevent a woman from fulfilling her household obligations, but when a second baby arrived, she needed help. The older child, now usually two to two-and-a-half years old, required constant supervision, and the infant needed much of its mother’s time for breast-feeding. (Bottle feeding was not practiced unless a mother was ill or had died. Lack of sterilization made it unhealthy, and bottle-fed babies rarely lived.)

…Even wealthy women had to labor very hard, and the help of slaves was essential when there were few relatives and neighbors nearby to share work. Enslaved women therefore assisted with both child care and housekeeping, just as white servants did. Acculturated African-American women generally received these jobs because they could speak the language of their owners and had grown accustomed to white customs and manners. As slaves, they were not paid wages, worked long hours, and often were forced to live apart from their own families.

…Inadequate household help was not only inconvenient or burdensome for a mother. It could actually prove to be dangerous for young children, who consequently went without adequate supervision. While a housewife tended the fire or milked her cows, a youngster might pull over a kettle of boiling water, pick up a knife carelessly left within reach, or wander away into the fields or the woods. …In the absence of adequate child care, mothers sometimes relied on physical restraints to control the movements of their very young children. A high chair or go-cart, the colonial equivalent of a modern baby’s walker, could keep a child from crawling underfoot or into an open fireplace. But such devices could not replace a mother’s watchful eye, and accidents still occurred.

…If a farm had enough laborers--and in the South this was more and more often the case as the 18th century progressed--an elderly woman might be placed in charge of caring for several very young children while their parents worked. On larger farms and plantations slave women might be allowed to return home to breast-feed their infants at certain times during the day, or a baby might be brought back to its mother for nursing. In either case, from a very early age black children had to learn to be independent of their mothers for most of the day. Only on Sundays were women allowed to spend all of their time with their children.

…Under the law any child born of a slave mother also was a slave, and therefore could be sold at any time. Slave marriages had no legal validity, which gave slaveowners the right separate slave spouses at will. As a result, enslaved women lived with the constant fear that they might be separated from their children and husbands. When an owner migrated to a new area, suffered financial setbacks, or died, black workers went up for sale. Most slave owners made no attempt to keep families together. As a rule, breast-feeding infants were sure to stay with their mothers, for otherwise the babies were likely to die. Their deaths would rob their white owners of valuable property.”

- Marylynn Salmon, “The Community of Women: Childrearing and the Sexual Division of Labor.” in The Limits of Independence: American Women, 1760-1800

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Thought provoking and heartfelt, Heliotropic offers a working nomad’s lyrical meditations on the littoral regions of the southern US. Coast to coast, sea-level to high desert; from a barrier island’s shore, the trail, or from the interstate, these poems explore the intersectionality over time of cultures, geography, and language. Rooted in Appalachia, the poet’s voice elevates sound over meaning, allowing the individual reader to experience their own unique imagery and self-determined meaning while exploring the inner and outer realms we together inhabit. In the kind and inimitable words of James Stevens – “With a perfect ear, Bootes chooses words that move our sensory boats to the place ‘our discordant coastlines migrate.’ Heliotropic is a gift for your mind.” #poetry #nature

Born in Pewee Valley, Kentucky, Doug Bootes currently lives in New Mexico and teaches at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe. His work has most recently appeared in Poetry Northwest, On the Run Contemporary Flash Fiction, The New Limestone Review, The Closed Eye Open: Maya’s Micros, The Santa Fe Reporter and the futurism anthology Into the Unknown, Together.

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Heliotropic is a collection of poems from the littoral. Bootes’ poems originate between the Gulf Coast and the dry inland seas of high desert. Their sound blooms in the poetic ear like seeds from “the blown apart shattered.” A poet of milkweed, latex glyphs, roadrunners, and settler green tentacles. With a perfect ear, Bootes chooses words that move our sensory boats to the place “our discordant coastlines migrate.” Heliotropic is a gift for your mind.

–James Thomas Stevens, author of The Golden Book and A Bridge Dead in the Water.

If you’ve ever held a broken-winged bird that’s fallen from its nest, fed it cornmeal mush and nursed it to health. Waited for it to fly, then waited for its return. Listened for its songs of history through wind, where Kentucky blue grass grows, and all the other places it’s been.

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September 2nd - National Hummingbird Day

The Hummingbird Handbook by John Shewey

Hummingbirds inspire an unmistakable sense of devotion and awe among bird lovers. Gardeners, too, love the company of hummingbirds, not only for their beauty, but also for their role as pollinators. Brimming with astonishing facts, practical advice, and important ecological information,  The Hummingbird Handbook is a must-have guide to attracting, understanding, and protecting hummingbirds. From advice on feeders to planting and landscaping techniques that will have your garden whirring with tiny wings, lifelong birder John Shewey provides all you need to know to entice these delightful creatures. An identification guide makes them easy to spot in the wild, with stunning photographs, details on plumage variations, and range maps showing habitats and migration patterns. Need more joy in your life? Let this guide and nature’s aerial jewels help you create a lively haven.

The Hummingbird's Gift by Sy Montgomery

Hummingbirds fascinate people around the world. The lightest birds in the sky, hummingbirds are capable of incredible feats, such as flying backwards, diving at speeds of sixty-one MPH, and beating their wings more than sixty times a second. Miraculous creatures, they are also incredibly vulnerable when they first emerge from their eggs. That’s where Brenda Sherburn comes in.

With tenderness and patience, she rescues abandoned hummingbirds and nurses them back to health until they can fly away and live in the wild. In The Hummingbird’s Gift, the care that Brenda provides her peanut-sized patients is revealed and, in the process, shows us just how truly amazing hummingbirds are.

This is the first volume of the "Hummingbirds' Gift" series.

Hummingbirds by Glenn Bartley

With their glorious colors, glittering iridescence, astonishing powers of flight, and many characteristics unique in the world of birds, hummingbirds are extraordinary - true jewels of nature. This beautiful book is a celebration of all aspects of hummingbirds and their world. It features hundreds of the most spectacular photographs of hummingbirds ever taken, exquisite illustrations, and a lively, readable text that presents the latest scientific information and includes up-to-date details about every species.

A familiar sight across much of the Americas, hummingbirds have long captured the imagination and played an important part in myths, legends, and other aspects of human culture. Today, hummingbirds are among the most popular of all birds, sought after by serious and casual birders alike. They inspire questions in anyone lucky enough to see them. How can they fly like that? Why are they so colorful? How many are there? Where and how do they live? How do they survive? This book answers these and many other questions, providing an enlightening and enjoyable guide to hummingbirds that can only deepen their wonder.

The Glitter in the Green by Jon Dunn

Hummingbirds are a glittering, sparkling collective of over three hundred wildly variable species. For centuries, they have been revered by indigenous Americans, coveted by European collectors, and admired worldwide for their unsurpassed metallic plumage and immense character. Yet they exist on a knife-edge, fighting for survival in boreal woodlands, dripping cloud forests, and subpolar islands. They are, perhaps, the ultimate embodiment of evolution's power to carve a niche for a delicate creature in even the harshest of places.

Traveling the full length of the hummingbirds' range, from the cusp of the Arctic Circle to near-Antarctic islands, acclaimed nature writer Jon Dunn encounters birders, scientists, and storytellers in his quest to find these beguiling creatures, immersing us in the world of one of Earth's most charismatic bird families.

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Get To Know The Mun

------The Basics!

Name: Tak

Pronouns: she/they

Zodiac Sign: scorpio (birthday is halloween!)

Single/Taken: married to @aircommndr & partnered with @xinspire-starx. mun is polyam and loves love.

------Three Facts!

1- my first tattoo covers my entire back. it's of purple and black cicada-type wings. i don't know how i managed to sit through it when i was ill and underweight, but i did it, and somewhere, some guys in san diego are speaking of me as a local legend.

2- i'm only in my mid-20s, but i consider myself to have quite a bit of life experience. i worked as a nurse and a teacher of multiple grade levels before i moved to the midwest and became a cake decorator. i plan on running my own baking business someday from home, with gluten-free and vegan options given my own allergies.

3- hmm, i'll spoil you and give two more facts for the price of one. i am a pagan witch, and i am a diagnosed did system that is fictive heavy. so, mental health and proper representation is very important to us.

------Experience!

Platforms Used: i started out on fanfic.net and then migrated to tumblr. i've been here ever since 2013 lol.

Plotting / Winging It / Memes: all of the above! i prefer winging it because that makes any dynamics that form a bit more organic to me. however, if i do have a specific plot in mind, i don't mind doing that, either.

------Muse Preference!

Gender: female or nonbinary.

Multi or Single: single! i find that i can focus on fleshing out characters more that way.

Least Favorite Faceclaim(s): i don't know. umm, politicians or bigots? using youtubers and people who have spoken about being uncomfortable with that sort of thing is also a no for me.

------Fluff / Angst / Smut!

Fluff: surprisingly the least common type of thread on any of my blogs, but i do love some good fluff, especially since most of my muses have gone through hell and back. they deserve softer epilogues.

Angst: the most COMMON theme with me. i love angst. i love conflict. i love character growth through tribulation. it's what spurs me to write the most.

Smut: if our characters have chemistry, and both writers communicate, sure! all smut threads will be located on my sideblog, @spidercomes.

Stolen From: le dash

Tagging: @13urningstars, @aircommndr, @rifleseye, @riflesparked, @warriorsparked, @gowithplana, @sparkmender, & you!

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Five Interesting Nonfiction Books

Malaya: Essays on Freedom by Cinelle Barnes

As an undocumented teenager living in New York, her journey of self-discovery was just beginning. Because she couldn’t get a driver’s license or file taxes, Cinelle worked as a cleaning lady and a nanny and took other odd jobs—and learned to look over her shoulder, hoping she wouldn’t get caught. When she falls in love and marries a white man from the South, Cinelle finds herself trying to adjust to the thorny underbelly of “southern hospitality” while dealing with being a new mother, an immigrant affected by PTSD, and a woman with a brown body in a profoundly white world. From her immigration to the United States, to navigating a broken legal system, to balancing assimilation and a sense of self, Cinelle comes to rely on her resilience and her faith in the human spirit to survive and come of age all over again. Lyrical, emotionally driven, and told through stories both lived and overheard, Cinelle’s intensely personal, yet universal, exploration of race, class, and identity redefines what it means to be a woman—and an American—in a divided country. (goodreads.com)

2. Lola's House: Filipino Women Living with War by M. Evelina Galang

During World War II more than one thousand Filipinas were kidnapped by the Imperial Japanese Army. Lolas’ House tells the stories of sixteen surviving Filipino “comfort women.”

M. Evelina Galang enters into the lives of the women at Lolas’ House, a community center in metro Manila. She accompanies them to the sites of their abduction and protests with them at the gates of the Japanese embassy. Each woman gives her testimony, and even though the women relive their horror at each telling, they offer their stories so that no woman anywhere should suffer wartime rape and torture.

Lolas’ House is a book of testimony, but it is also a book of witness, of survival, and of the female body. Intensely personal and globally political, it is the legacy of Lolas’ House to the world. (goodreads.com)

3. Empire of Care: Nurses and Migration in Filipino American History by Catherine Ceniza Choy

In western countries, including the United States, foreign-trained nurses constitute a crucial labor supply. Far and away the largest number of these nurses come from the Philippines. Why is it that a developing nation with a comparatively greater need for trained medical professionals sends so many of its nurses to work in wealthier countries? Catherine Ceniza Choy engages this question through an examination of the unique relationship between the professionalization of nursing and the twentieth-century migration of Filipinos to the United States. The first book-length study of the history of Filipino nurses in the United States, Empire of Care brings to the fore the complicated connections among nursing, American colonialism, and the racialization of Filipinos . Choy conducted extensive interviews with Filipino nurses in New York City and spoke with leading Filipino nurses across the United States. She combines their perspectives with various others—including those of Philippine and American government and health officials—to demonstrate how the desire of Filipino nurses to migrate abroad cannot be reduced to economic logic, but must instead be understood as a fundamentally transnational process. She argues that the origins of Filipino nurse migrations do not lie in the Philippines' independence in 1946 or the relaxation of U.S. immigration rules in 1965, but rather in the creation of an Americanized hospital training system during the period of early-twentieth-century colonial rule. Choy challenges celebratory narratives regarding professional migrants’ mobility by analyzing the scapegoating of Filipino nurses during difficult political times, the absence of professional solidarity between Filipino and American nurses, and the exploitation of foreign-trained nurses through temporary work visas. She shows how the culture of American imperialism persists today, continuing to shape the reception of Filipino nurses in the United States. (goodreads.com)

4. Monsoon Mansion by Cinelle Barnes

Told with a lyrical, almost-dreamlike voice as intoxicating as the moonflowers and orchids that inhabit this world, Monsoon Mansion is a harrowing yet triumphant coming-of-age memoir exploring the dark, troubled waters of a family's rise and fall from grace in the Philippines. It would take a young warrior to survive it. Cinelle Barnes was barely three years old when her family moved into Mansion Royale, a stately ten-bedroom home in the Philippines. Filled with her mother's opulent social aspirations and the gloriously excessive evidence of her father's self-made success, it was a girl's storybook playland. But when a monsoon hits, her father leaves, and her mother's terrible lover takes the reins, Cinelle's fantastical childhood turns toward tyranny she could never have imagined. Formerly a home worthy of magazines and lavish parties, Mansion Royale becomes a dangerous shell of the splendid palace it had once been. In this remarkable ode to survival, Cinelle creates something magical out of her truth--underscored by her complicated relationship with her mother. Through a tangle of tragedy and betrayal emerges a revelatory journey of perseverance and strength, of grit and beauty, and of coming to terms with the price of family--and what it takes to grow up. (seattle.bibliocommons.com)

5. Somewhere in the Middle: A journey to the Philippines in search of roots, belonging, and identity by Deborah Francisco Douglas

Half Filipino but raised in an American household, Deborah Francisco Douglas had always longed to know more about her Filipino heritage. So when a thick government-issued envelope arrived at her door announcing her assignment to the Philippines as a Peace Corps Volunteer, she snatched the opportunity and set out on a journey of self-discovery, travel, and adventure. Arriving in the mountain town of Baguio City, Philippines, she was introduced to a life of obnoxious roosters, bucket baths, and kids shouting her name every time she walked down the street. Despite her attempts to get involved in the community, her desire for belonging and identity did not materialize as quickly as planned. Realizing that “Filipino time” means nothing ever happens in a hurry, Deborah braces for the journey ahead, hoping to find answers, and above all, to find herself. Filled with warmth and humor, Somewhere in the Middle captures the simple joy found in ordinary moments and in the people we share our lives with, shedding new light on what it truly means to find the place where you belong. Whether you’re hoping to unearth your own cultural roots, volunteer abroad, or find your next travel adventure, this memoir offers inspiration for all those yearning to discover who they are and where they belong in the world. (goodreads.com)

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what is healthcare migration? why do you specialise in the pacific islands?

Sometimes I forget people actually read my little tags n posts and then I get these types of asks and I’m like wow! Hi!

Healthcare migration is just the movement of people who work in the healthcare sector across borders (or within if were talking internal migration, but generally we aren't). So any doctors/nurses/care workers/etc who move etc. I’m in a Masters course on it right now.

And I don’t personally specialize in the pacific islands! There’s something called the WHO Code of Practice on International Recruitment of Health Personnel, where the goal is to reduce receiving country dependence on foreign healthcare workers under the current global supply crisis.

We were looking at different regions/countries in the world that have a majority foreign trained workforce as a part of the WHO National Health Workforce Accounts data project. And I found some discrepancies in some of the data collection on the Southern Pacific when we going through it in class, so my prof wants me to bring it with her to her meeting with her WHO colleague that helps run the program haha.

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DS 123

1. integrative medicine 2. health, heal, holistic 3. political economy of health 4. primary health care 5. One health 6. diabetes + HIV-AIDS + depression 7. nurse migration 8. ‘grandmother’s disease’ 9. passenger, passageway, power, ___ 10. Rudolf Virchow 11. care for the ___! 12. ‘syndemic’ 13. ‘twindemic’ 14. five-star physician 15. water, sanitation and hygiene 16. risk 17. History 5 18. U5M 19. system-induced disasters 20. DIH, MIH 21. hidden victims 22. lactation activism 23. food poverty 24. NCD 25. labas-loob-lalim 26. digital grief 27. “from danger zone to death zone” 28. “bopis district” 29. CHDP 30. health communication a. triple burden of disease b. biomedicine + ethnomedicine c. threat + vulnerability d. psychological support e. TB-HIV f. “whole” g. COVID-TB  h. care workers i. nutrition, sanitation, immunization, etc. j. public health, environmental health, animal health k. under five mortality l. Prof RSE Legaspi m. WASH n.  clinician-researcher-educator-manager-social mobilizer o. Kasaysayan ng Kalusugan sa Pilipinas p. health workers, disaster responders, field reporters q. social medicine r. DS 141 s. diabesity, obesogenic society, complex emergencies t. FMDS UPOU u. TSEK (NNC) v. ‘kaninbaw’, ‘pagpag’, ‘botcha’ w. “sinikmuraan, sinisikmura, hindi masikmura” x. atake sa puso, atake sa utak y. HIV-AIDS z. Prof NPH Sapalo aa. “ilalim ng tulay tungong liblib na lugar na walang oportunidad sa empleo” bb. Prof Adeva, Prof Agbayani, Prof Pulumbarit, Prof Recio cc. Lung Center, Heart Center, NKTI dd. MagNaMarTe

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Notes on "Empire of Care : Nursing and Migration in Filipino American History"

Previous post:

Filipino nurse Patrocinio Montellano was a nurse who was interviewed for this book

Art by Filipino-American artist MYSTERIOUSxBEAUTY

She was an accomplished woman, furthering her nursing career in the US by taking post-graduate courses.

She eventually secured deployment through the aid of Americans such as William Musgrave, former director of the Philippine general hospital.

In 1924, she returned to the Philippines, becoming the field representative and nurse supervisor of the Philippine chapter of the American red cross.

None of this would have been able to happen had it been a few decades earlier - when the Philippines was under the colonial rule of the Spanish.

Under Spanish rule, Filipinos were only offered unequal opportunities rooted in gender by the education system implemented by the Spanish at the time.

Because of this, very few Filipino girls were permitted primary education given to them by Spanish charitable institutions.

Women were outright excluded from the University of Santo Tomas - the Spanish university in the Philippines

This was until 1879, when a school of midwifery was opened

When it came to specialised health care jobs, only midwifery was allowed for Filipino women to enter into

Traditionally, Filipino women would take on the role of the caretaker at home

Filipinos would also rely on indigenous healers

On the other hand, in Spanish medical institutions, usually Spanish Friars and Priests were the caretakers.

Sisters of Charity, along with a European nurse, arrived in the Philippines in 1862 to work at the San Juan de Dios hospital.

Spanish surgeons and male Filipino physicians would practice both generalised and specialised forms of healthcare.

In the 19th century, elite Filipino men (called ilustrados) were encouraged by the Spanish government to further their education in European countries.

Jose Rizal - a Filipino national hero and ilustrado was a doctor of medicine himself.

Filipino women were outside banned from these opportunities

US colonialism did implement some changes of opportunities that Filipino women were offered - as Montellano's story reveals.

The opportunities that were now offered were nursing, education - and travel opportunities to the U.S

These opportunities for both work and travel were closely linked.

Montellano's account demonstrates how like clockwork, the beginning of the U.S colonial rule marked significant transnational relations between the U.S and Filipino women

Montellano's socioeconomic and geographic mobility was enabled by these relations

Montellano was aided by American physicians and nurses in order to reach her employment goals in the United States

Montellano's experience in the US helped her secure an advanced nursing career upon her return to the Philippines.

Montellano notes that it was also her sheer determination and courage that helped her progress her career - even against her father's wishes.

The literature on women and imperialism challenges the perception of imperialism as masculine.

American women's participation in U.S. colonialism in the Philippines has been overlooked.

U.S. colonial nursing played a crucial role in American modernity and American women viewing themselves as civilised.

Filipino nurses' perspectives reveal the role of Filipinos and Americans in Philippine nursing.

Nursing and medicine legitimised U.S. colonial agendas and social hierarchies.

Western medicine is often seen as a humanitarian effort, making it difficult to critique its exploitative effects

Reynaldo Ileto noted that it was even difficult for the most nationalist Filipino writers to criticise the US sanitary regime as it saved countless Filipino lives.

Reynaldo Ileto, Filipino historian

The introduction of professional nursing in the Philippines had both liberating and exploitative aspects.

This chapter highlights a period of transnational mobility in Filipino American history.

American and Filipino nurses shaped Philippine nursing through travel, teaching, training, and practice.

This multidirectional mobility has been overlooked in Asian American histories.

The formation of a gendered labor force laid the foundation for significant migrations of Filipino nurses later in the twentieth century.