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A Nurse and a Pharmacist Go On a Date That Resulted In Better Patient Care

“So, let me get this straight. If you have a cardiac event, or stop breathing, I can start CPR on you and potentially save your life, but if I go down, all you can do is call 911 and cry?”

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art and nursing, CPR, nurse blogs, nurse lifestyles, nurses, PALS, patient care, patient safety, Pediatric Codes, pharmacists

The Role of Artists, Here and Now

It’s going to take time for society to recover from the pandemic. Not only its residual effects on the economy and its toll on personal lives, but already we’re seeing the results of profound change.

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art and nursing, Artists as Advocates, Artists in Society, changemakers, nurse blogs, The Oregon Coast Bar, the Wreckage of the Peter Iredale

Personal Space and Boundaries: Is There An Archetypical Nurse?

Earlier this summer, something weird happened to me twice, on the same evening at the same event.

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Archetypes, art and nursing, Boundaries, Confrontation, nurse blogs, personal space, Posts about Art, self defense, Self Protection

No Leaders Please

“invent yourself and then reinvent 

yourself.

don’t swim in the same slough.”

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Art, art and nursing, artist blogs, artists and healthcare, Charles Bukowski, No Leaders Please, nurse artist, poetry, Retired Nurses, retirement, RN blogs, Transformation

Reflections of A Nurse-Mother

“Yeah, I’m taking classes to become a massage therapist. My mom is a nurse, and I’ve always been interested in health sciences because of that. I want to help people enhance their health.”

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nurse blogs, nurse lifestyles, pediatric intensive care nursing, Pediatric intensive-care unit, pediatric nursing

What is Home?

Returning to my studio is a luxury of retirement. Retirement has also presented me with  the opportunity to join other…

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Art, art and nursing, art in Portland, PNCA, Retired Nurses

Goodbye and Hello

“After 20 years, I finally had to choose between nursing and my art. “

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Art, art and nursing, nurse blogs, nurse lifestyles

Artist Talk By JParadisiRN Oct.3, 2021

This Sunday, October 3, at 3 pm I am presenting an artist talk as part of @Playground Gallery’s group exhibition,…

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art and nursing

Here and Now: Playground Gallery Art Exhibition Includes Paintings by JParadisiRN

This afternoon I’m dropping off 4 paintings for Here and Now, an exhibition of 30 artists opening this Saturday. The…

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art and nursing, Playground Gallery, Portland Art Galleries, Portland artist, Portland Contemporary Art

During May, Nurses Get 15% Off Order of Fire Department Coffee While Helping #EndNurseAbuse

In the Great Pacific Northwest, we nurses take our coffee seriously. To illustrate, I once witnessed a night shift nurse…

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#EndNurseAbuse, Discount for Nurses, Fire Dept Coffee, Nurse's Day 2021, Nurses Week, the American Nurses Association

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A Little About Myself

JParadisiRN 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 frequently contributes 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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