Nursing: A Recession-Proof Major?

I’ve just returned home from spending time with family. My sister works for a large corporation that laid off 20% of her coworkers last week. She was … More

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Poll: Is Portland America’s #1 Unhappiest City?

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Is Portland America’s #1 Unhappiest City?

Has anyone else seen this? Businessweek.com selected Portland, Oregon as the #1 most unhappy city in the U.S. Do any of … More

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Health Insurance Advice for the Newly Unemployed

There is an informative article in today’s NY Times by Lesley Alderman that lists resources for families and individuals who … More

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Follow Up : A Personal Response to Moral Distress in Health Care

In my post A Personal Response to Moral Distress in Health Care (Feb. 7, 2009), I describe events … More

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A Personal Response to Moral Distress in Health Care

This morning I visited Pauline Chen MD’s Well blog at the NY Times on-line to read comments posted to her … More

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Moral Distress in Healthcare

There is a thoughful article in the NY Times on line regarding moral distress in nursing and medicine. Go … More

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Laughing About Proctology

Yesterday, a colleague brought to work an article from the Washington Post. It was a list of made up words and … More

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Kaplan Publishing Includes Two Stories by J.ParadisiRN in New Anthology

Kaplan Publishing includes my stories Icarus Again and Voyagers in its latest anthology, New Lives: Nurses’ Stories about Babies. Edited … More