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Close Encounters at Thanksgiving: The Grocery Store

It’s the weekend before Thanksgiving, and I’m grocery shopping. Pushing the cart through throngs of people looking for that special…

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Brussels sprouts, grocery shopping, hand hygiene, holiday food, holiday stress, nurse blogs, nurse lifestyles, rn blog, shopping carts, Thanksgiving

I Wish I Said It

“This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.”…

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Elmer Davis, gratitude, home of the brave, sacrifices, Veteran's Day

I Wish I’d Said It

I wonder why the Frisbee keeps getting bigger. Then, it hits me. -greeting card wisdom.

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Frisbees, greeting card wisdom, humor, I Wish I'd Said It, quotes, You can't fix stupid

Shift Observations: On Luer Locks, Voting, Taxes, and Thanksgiving

While tightening a Luer lock connector to its mate after starting an IV, I curse myself once again for not playing…

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childhood toys, election day, holiday stress, humanity, intravenous medications, luer locks, nurse blogs, politics, rn blog, taxes, Thanksgiving, the human condition, voting

Velcome to My FrankenMess: When Art & Food Go Awry

Welcome to my FrankenMess. For Halloween, I tried dipping pretzel sticks into melted icing to make them look like candy…

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art blog, cooking, cooking disasters, food, Halloween, holidays, Led astray by Pinterest, nurse blog, rn blog

I Wish I’d Said It

There’s zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas. Susan Cain

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creativity, I Wish I'd Said It, nurse blog, quotes, rn blog, Susan Cain, zero correlation

Humbled and Humbly: A Liebster Award Nomination

You will build a body of work, but you will also build a body of affection, with the people you’ve…

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art and nursing, chain letters, friends in low places, Liebster Award, nurse bloggers, nurse lifestyle, RN blogs, Robert Krulwich

JParadisi RN Guests on RadioMD.com Staying Well Monday October 15 10:20 am PT/ 1:20 pm ET

Today, Monday October 15 at 10:20 am PST/ 1 pm EST, I’ll be a guest on Staying Well hosted by Melanie Cole,…

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breast cancer, cancer and relationships, cancer survivors, health, melanie cole, nurse blogs, nurse lifestyles, nurses represented in the media, RN blogs, Staying Well with Melanie Cole

Hello, 911? My Coffee Maker Broke

It was a crisis that will never make the morning news: our coffee maker died suddenly, without a gasp. The…

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food, health, MacGyver TV show, marriage, morning coffee, National Coffee Day, nurse blogs, nurse lifestyles, rn blog, The Truth About Coffee

One More Skill On My Resume

Years ago, I had a coworker with the best attitude about learning new skills. At every in-service, sort of like…

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learning new skills, nurse blogs, nursing competency, nursing school, nursing skills, RN blogs, WCON, wound vac

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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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