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Category: Posts About Nursing

New Post for AJN’s Off the Charts Contemplates Nurses Missing Time with Our Families Because of Work

My latest post and illustration for Off the Charts, the blog of the American Journal of Nursing is posted. Heralding in the … More

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nursing, working on holidays

Nurses Week Blog Post for Off the Charts

I wrote and illustrated a post for Nurses Week for Off the Charts, the blog of the American Journal of … More

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Discovering Our Inner Lewis and Clark

Those of us living in the Banana Belt of downtown Portland were spared the large amount (up to 8 inches) … More

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art and nursing, Lewis and Clark, Portland OR, Portland Snowstorm 2019, resilience, winter weather

Happy National Bird Day: The Hummingbird

On my walk to work I looked up, which is somewhat unusual in that most of the time I am … More

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art and nursiing, hummingbird, National Bird Day, walking

2019: Days of Miracle and Wonder

These are the days of miracle and wonder  -Paul Simon    New Year’s Eve 2018 marked the twentieth anniversary of … More

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art and nursiing, artists, breast cancer, breast cancer survivorship, Happy New Year, individuation, nurse blogs, nurses, personal growth, Transformation

The Two Hands of Mindfulness

Late on a Friday afternoon I sat on the floor of a shared office space in semi-lotus position, dismantling the … More

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being a nurse, gratitude, healing crystals, mindfulness, nurse blogs, oncology nurse navigators, supporting nurse coworkers, survivorship care plans, work-life balance

Shift Observations

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#Art&Nursing, #Hospital Gowns, humor

AJN Best of The Blog Features Post by JparadisiRN

It’s an honor to have my post and illustration,  A Brief Meditation on Love, Loss, and Nursing, originally published on Off the … More

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American Journal of Nursing, art and nursiing, love, nurse writers, off the charts

Down the Rabbit Hole

Why is it 2018 feels more like “2017, The Sequel,“ and not an actual New Year? While I have one or … More

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art and nursing, cancer surviviorship, down the rabbit hole, nursing process, perspectives, progress, safety

Cancer Survivorship: Breaking The Myth of “Nurses are Bad Patients”

Are nurses are the worse patients? Upon completion of treatment for breast cancer, my surgeon remarked, “You got through treatment … More

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art and nursing, breast cancer survivorship, cancer nursing, cancer surviviorship, nurses as patient advocates, oncology, oncology nurse navigator blog, When nurses are patients

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Unknown's avatarJParadisiRN 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 was a frequent contributor of 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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