I Wish I’d Said It

You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests … More

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The Laughing Heart by Charles Bukowski

Here is a lovely bit of poetry written by Charles Bukowski and read by Tom Waits.  In case you didn’t … More

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How I Became a Nurse Part II: Gatekeepers

“Jules, you need to quit wasting your talents working with Sister Sebastian up there on the Pediatric unit. I want … More

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In The February Issue of The American Journal of Nursing

One of my coworkers brought the February 2011 issue the American Journal of Nursing to work.  My short story The … More

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How I Became a Nurse Part I-It Could Not Have Begun Worse

  It could not have begun worse. I was not prepared for the difficult transition from student nurse to a … More

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Nurses and Pharmacists: For Valentine’s Day All We Want Is Respect

I’ve written before that I am happily married to a pharmacist. Sometimes when we come home from work, we commiserate … More

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In the Absence of Clouds, Artists and a Nurse Discuss Death and Dying (or The Art of the Death Panel)

Outside, it was a rare, January day of cloudless sunshine. Instead of enjoying it, I sat on a bench towards … More

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I Wish I’d Said It

The silence is your canvas, that’s your frame, that’s what you work on; don’t try and deafen it out. -Keith … More

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The Tangled Mess of Art and Nursing

The rain outside comes down in buckets. The sun, hidden by thick, dark clouds, casts no shadows to clue me … More

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New Series, Color-Coded For Your Safety Published on Die Krankenschwester

Color-Coded For Your Safety is my latest series of images posted on the blog, Die Krankenschwester, which I also author. … More

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