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What I’m Reading: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Autobiography

This is a used copy of Frank Lloyd Wright’s autobiography, which I am reading. I’m enjoying it. This is a…

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Setting Intentions For The New Year

Each new year I create a set of collage Intention Cards reflecting on several areas of my life in which…

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Collage cards, Intentional New Year, New Year's resolutions

It’s a Wonderful Life: A Road Map to Codependency?

“Last year, in 2021, for the first time since grade school, I skipped watching It’s a Wonderful Life. In 2021, I came to the conclusion that George Bailey is a schmuck.”

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art and nursing, Christmas Eve, Clarence, Codependency, Codependent Behavior, Dr. Jill Biden, FLOTUS, George Bailey, It's a Wonderful Life, Retired RN Blog, self care

Acupuncture: My Journey With TCM

I believe in the mind/body/soul connection. When a medical disease is officially ruled out, and western medicine has few answers, I considered seeking a safe alternative approach.

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Acupuncture, Cancer Survivorship, nursing school, Retired RN Blog, sculpture, TCM, Traditional Chinese Medicine

Thanksgiving Pie Making: Two Childhood Memories

“Besides raising three children, my mother worked full-time outside of the home. The day before Thanksgiving she came home from a full day’s work, fixed her family dinner, and baked the pies to lessen her work load the following day.
The year I was twelve, Something Happened.”

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art and nursing, family, MakingPies, NurseArtistBlog, PieArt, RetiredRNBlog, Thanksgiving, ThanksgivingMemories, ThanksgivingPies, WorkingMoms

I Took Candy From a Stranger

Today I took candy from a stranger.  I was finishing my morning run, waiting on a corner for the light…

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Don't Take Candy From Strangers, Halloween, HalloweenCandy

How Many Steps? Some Thoughts on Tracking

In our culture, our days are measured for productivity through apps, comparing social media posts, and answering unguardedly the common question, “What did you do today?”

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Art, art and nursing, creative process, creativity, Doe A Deer, Fitness tracking, hospital nursing staffing, nurse lifestyles, Productivity, the creative life

The Beds We Make

During the lockdown of the pandemic, like many people, I spent more than my usual amount of time at home. To entertain myself, I stopped making my bed daily for about a week. I made sketches of the bedding arrangements as the week progressed. Then I made the painting.

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Art, art and nursing, Art Exhibition, Bed Making, juliannaparadisiart, nursing, Painting of Bed, patient care, Posts about Art

A Nurse and a Pharmacist Go On a Date That Resulted In Better Patient Care

“So, let me get this straight. If you have a cardiac event, or stop breathing, I can start CPR on you and potentially save your life, but if I go down, all you can do is call 911 and cry?”

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art and nursing, CPR, nurse blogs, nurse lifestyles, nurses, PALS, patient care, patient safety, Pediatric Codes, pharmacists

The Role of Artists, Here and Now

It’s going to take time for society to recover from the pandemic. Not only its residual effects on the economy and its toll on personal lives, but already we’re seeing the results of profound change.

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art and nursing, Artists as Advocates, Artists in Society, changemakers, nurse blogs, The Oregon Coast Bar, the Wreckage of the Peter Iredale

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A Little About Myself

JParadisiRN is a multidisciplinary artist with a focus in painting and writing. Her paintings and short stories have been published nationally. She has exhibited artwork in galleries throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Julianna frequently contributes illustrated blog posts to Off The Charts, the blog of the American Journal of Nursing. She has been a nurse for 33 years, specializing in Pediatric Intensive Care, Oncology Infusion, and as an Oncology Nurse Navigator.

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