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Life Outside of Patient Care Areas

After The Smoke Clears: Re-Acquainting with an Old Friend

Yesterday was the first of of nine that our air quality in Portland, Oregon fell from “hazardous” to “good,” and … More

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#ArtandNursing, #NatureJournal, art by nurses, Portland art, Portland artist

The Resilience of Tiny Things: Raising Young Children in The Pandemic

Our hazardous air quality in Oregon keeps me from nature journaling outdoors. Instead, I make ink and watercolor paintings in … More

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#Art&Nursing, @julparart, Anna's Hummingbirds, COVID-19 pandemic, nature journal, pediatric intensive care nursing, resilience, shared experiences

Learning: The Best Thing for Sadness, Part II

    Previously, I wrote about learning as a tool for managing the sadness accompanying home isolation and the losses … More

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#Art&Nursing, @julparart, art and health, COVID-19 pandemic, life long learner, Oregon wildfires, sumi-e brush painting

Julianna Paradisi Paintings in New Member Show at Gallery 114 During September

I’m excited to participate in Overlaid: New Members Show during the month of September at Gallery 114, in Portland, Oregon. Here’s … More

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@julparart, contemporary art, juliannaparadisiart, Oregon, Portland, Portland Art Galleries, Resin paintings

Birds, Faith and Troubled Times

  Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings. … More

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#Painting #Art, @julparart, art and nursing, birdwatching, John Lewis quote, nature journal, watercolor art

Learning Something During COVID 19 Home Isolation: Birding

  As COVID 19 home isolation continues, I have taken the advice of the magician, Merlin, and decided to learn … More

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Birding, COVID 19, Home Isolation, Merlin, nature journal, Yellow-Rumped Warblers

Art in The Time of COVID-19: Self Portrait With Mask

Yesterday, I finished this painting, Self Portrait With Mask. I made it with oil paint on a wood panel. The … More

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art and nursing, cancer survivor, contemporary art, COVID 19, self portrait, self portrait with mask

Stress-Related Humor in The Time of Coronavirus

It’s my experience that nurses and doctors, during times of severe stress from the responsibilities of crisis care, sometimes make … More

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coronavirus, home preparedness kit, stay at home order, stress-related humor

Of Stone and Virus

Last week David and I travelled to eastern Oregon for a long weekend. The weather was gorgeous once we drove … More

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coronavirus, King Arthur, Merlin, Smith Rock State Park, T.H. White, The Sword and The Stone, volcanic eruption

Adult Learning: Identifying Clouds, Nursing and The Freedom to Be Wrong

I mentioned in previous posts I’ve taken up nature journaling as a new hobby. I enjoy it for many reasons: … More

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art and nursing, Cloud Identification, drawing, Integrity, mistakes, mistakes in healthcare, nature journal, Nurses Most Trusted Profession 18 years in a row, Oregon Sky, PDX Artist, The Names of Clouds

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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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