Hope is the thing with feathers t hat perches in the soul, and sings the tune without the words, and never…
Book Review: Nursing From Within, a Fresh Approach to Putting Out Fires and Self Care Work Arounds
In her book, Nursing From Within, a Fresh Approach to Putting Out Fires and Self Care Work Arounds, Elizabeth Scala, MSN,…
Normal Is a Cycle on the Washing Machine
In my mind, as long as the weather is good, summer isn’t over. However, the beginning of the new school…
Where Science, Humanity and Art Converge
JParadisiRN blog began by discussing art and nursing. For the most part it remains so, through observations of the way…
Latest Posts: AJN’s Off the Charts & New Nurse Niki
Drawing From Life is my latest post for Off the Charts, the blog of the American Journal of Nursing. It…
The Adventures of Nurse Niki Moves to Mondays!
I’m having fun re-prioritizing a few things, one of which is my other blog, The Adventures of Nurse Niki: fiction so…
The Sacred Space of Patient Care
One of my hands is soaking in a shallow bowl of soapy water, while a nail technician holds the other,…
Nurses Make Birthdays, One Year at a Time
Part of our institution’s medication administration policy is asking patients to state their name and birth date, scrutinizing the information…
New Post: The Art of Nursing
May is all warm and fuzzy with Nurse’s Week. May renews love for what my mentor once dubbed “The noblest…
The Adventures of Nurse Niki: Nurse Characters Doing Nurses’ Work
This post was originally published on RNFM Radio‘s blog October 2013 I’m one of those nurses other people hate watching…