My Weekend in Portland: What If You Can’t Drink the Water?

The past weekend was my weekend “on,” meaning I worked both Saturday and Sunday at the infusion clinic. It was … More

Diet As Tolerated: This Week’s Post for TheONC

In yesterday’s post A Social License III: Nursing Synchronicity I write about an impromptu discussion with a young woman in a … More

“It all depends on how we look at things, and not on how they are themselves” Carl Jung I love … More

Just in time for the Summer, and with Melanoma on the Rise in the U.S., TheONC is hosting a very … More

In recent years, I’ve had problems with dentists. Okay, it’s more like I have arguments with my dentist, who thinks … More

In this week’s post for TheONC, I compare the effect of witnessing life and death in nursing to journalism. Both … More

Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment. Dale Carnegie I had one of … More

Last week I attended a two-day chemotherapy and biotherapy course. I wasn’t worried about sitting through 16 hours of lecture, … More

By now, readers know I blog weekly for TheONC. This week I write about dual identities as nurse and artist/writer … More

This week for TheONC I blog about nurses helping patients stuck at anger in their grief process. These nonviolent patients are … More