Dear Reader, Love Michael Dow

 

Dear Reader,

Our Society needs help.  We have poor health literacy, problems with diversity and inclusion, the love of reading has been replaced with short videos, many are not intellectually stimulated, families spend much more time apart than together, there is a need for science education to reach the masses, and there is a large nursing shortage. 

The Nurse Florence® series addresses all these issues.

This series is a children’s health book series that introduces some medical words to kids in every book.  The series answers some basic questions that most kids have about how their body works.  The books that address diseases will help families understand what a family member is going through, treatment options, and how to prevent the preventable diseases.  This series will help kids make informed decisions about their health and encourages a healthy lifestyle.

In regards to diversity and inclusion, each Nurse Florence is different in every book so that all races and ethnicities are represented.  If someone sees a person of their same race and ethnicity doing something, they are more likely to have the belief that they can do it also.  We are only getting to the future together.

The general science books are short and can help instill a love of reading for those that dislike it, in my opinion.  The engaging drawings will help children stay engaged in the storyline and not feel that are only being taught something.  They will learn through fun.

The disease books going into the pathophysiology and do not shy away from some of the technical terms.  We want to intellectually stimulate children and their parents with every book.  We believe they can learn the material even though some of it may be new information.  We want to help families feel empowered.

In regards to families spending more time apart, we want to encourage a sense of community by families reading the books together.  They will learn together, laugh together, realize things together, and have a starting point for further discussions to keep communication flowing.

The Nurse Florence® series brings college level science material down to an elementary level.  These books could be used in classrooms around the country and the world since translations into other languages has already started.  Science is amazing and kids should get to experience that feeling.

Finally, there is a large nursing shortage and this series could inspire a whole new generation to pursue a career in the health sciences. 

I hope you enjoy the series as much as I have enjoyed writing it. 

Cheers,

Michael Dow, RN, MS, MHA, MSM

Michael Stephen Dow is married to Perla in Arizona and has 3 kids.  Michael was on a path to attend medical school and then the events of September 11, 2001 occurred.  Michael became angry at the terrorists and decided to join the US Air Force.  He went through Officer Training School and then graduated specialized Navigator training to become an Electronic Warfare Officer.  Michael deployed 6 times for the Global War on Terror between 2005 and 2009 with the EC-130H Compass Call mission.  Michael medically retired in 2010 and then became an US Army contractor serving Wounded Warriors and ensuring they received all of their entitled benefits for 8 years.  Michael always had a love for science and the human body so he then used his GI bill to go through nursing school and graduated in August 2020.  Michael now works as a Registered Nurse at an inpatient psychiatric hospital.  Michael’s education is as follows: B.A. in Psychology from Auburn University in 1999, B.S. in Biology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2001, M.S. in Management from Troy University in 2010, Masters in Health Administration from the University of Phoenix in 2017, and M.S. from the University of Arizona in 2020 through its 15 month accelerated Masters Entry to the Profession of Nursing program.  Michael is the Founder and Manager of Dow Creative Enterprises, LLC.  His books have garnered the Silver Nautilus Book award in 2020 (Nurse Florence, Help I’m Bleeding) and an Award-Winning Finalist in the Religion category for the 2021 International Book Awards (A Prayer to Our Father in the Heavens: Possibly the Greatest Jewish Prayer of All Time).  Michael believes we will need the best of science and religion to successfully navigate ourselves, our civilization, through the future obstacles we will face.  More information can be found at www.DowCreativeEnterprises.com and www.NurseFlorence.org.  Nurse Florence® is a federally registered trademark by Dow Creative Enterprises.  The Nurse Florence® series seeks to promote science and health among children and to help increase the health literacy levels of our society.  With teamwork, inclusion, faith and perseverance, we can bravely face our problems and help each other reach our better selves as well as our best collective good.

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Sometimes it seems only a nurse can bring technical information down to an understanding that an ordinary person can grasp.  The Nurse Florence® book series provides high quality medical information that even a child can grasp.  By introducing young kids to correct terminology and science concepts at an early age, we can help increase our children’s health literacy level as well as help to prepare them for courses and jobs in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.  We need more scientists so I hope that many children will enjoy this book series and consider a job involving science.

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