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You’ve Come a Long Way Baby. Maybe.

A friend of mine talks about aspects of one’s life occurring between bookends.  People use the cliché “things come around … More

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art and nursing, bar codes, bookends, electronic medical record, EMR, life, life journeys, nurse blogs, nurse lifestyles, nursing school, nursing shortage, Registered Nurses, rn blog, scanning cans, stories by nurses, student nurses

Baby, I Was Born to Run

David and I are at our favorite brewery slurping steamer clams with broth-soaked crusty bread and sharing pints. Overhead, Bruce … More

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alteration in self-image, born to run, Bruce springsteen, electronic medical record, Epic, identity, Lois Lane, medical leave, nurse blogs, nurse lifestyles, nursing, oncology nursing, recovery, rn blog, running, Superman, walking

June Art Show at The Froelick Gallery in Portland

In June, I have a painting in the horse-themed Equine, a group show at the Froelick Gallery, opening June 1-July … More

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Art, art and nursing, Equine, First Thursday Portland, Froelick Gallery, horse paintings, Julianna Paradisi, nurse blogs, Portland OR, rn blog

I Wish I’d Said It

If you bring joy and enthusiasm to everything you do, people will think you’re crazy. New Yorker Cartoon by William … More

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humor, life, nurse blogs, Nurses Week, Perspective, quotes, rn blog, The New Yorker, The New Yorker cartoons, William Haefeli

When Looking for Kittens, Beware of Snakes in The Grass

And He who made kittens put snakes in the grass. -Bungle in The Jungle, Jethro Tull, lyrics by Ian Anderson … More

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believism, breast cancer, breast reconstruction after cancer, cancer, nurse blogs, oncology, oncology nursing, RN blogs, surviving cancer

Living In Your Body After Cancer is Like Staying With an Unfaithful Lover

Living in your body after it tried to kill you with cancer is a little like staying with an unfaithful lover. You might be able to forgive it, but you never forget.

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breast cancer, breast reconstruction after cancer, cancer survivors, MRI, nurse blogs, oncology nursing, rn blog

When a Young Person Dies for No Reason

“You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the … More

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art and nursing, cancer, child death, Ernest Hemingway, nurse blogs, oncology nursing, pediatric intensive care nursing, rn blog, Spring, writing

Blooming Dendrobium Orchid

 

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dendrobium orchids, nurse blogs, nurse lifestyles, orchid blooms, rn blog

I Wish I’d Said It

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. -Aristotle

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Aristotle, Art, art and nursing, excellence, famous quotes, nurse blogs, rn blog

New Edition of Change of Shift at Emergiblog!

A new edition of Change of Shift is posted at Emergiblog. Many thanks to Kim for including my post for … More

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American Journal of Nursing, Change of Shift, Emergiblog, nurse blogs, RN blogs, social media in health care

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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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