As nurses we strive to be able to deliver safe and efficient care every day. Our patients deserve the utmost attention throughout the most vulnerable times of their lives. After spending more than two decades in the fashion industry developing software systems, textile design and manufacturing, I found myself wanting to do more, so I went back to school to study nursing. I just celebrated my fourth year as a radiation oncology nurse at Maimonides Cancer Center, the only comprehensive cancer center in Brooklyn, NY.

Imagine coming home at the end of the day, taking off your shoes, and finding that you had been walking with a pebble in your shoe all day long. As the pebble went unnoticed, it was allowed to wear away at the delicate skin on the bottom of your foot, creating a wound. Meredith Bassler designed a solution for her patients using everyday materials from the local pharmacy.