Applying Nursing Process and Knowing When to Quit

It was several more days later before I ripped out the knitted sleeve I wrote of in my last … More

Sometimes a Cigar Isn’t a Cigar

The painter Lucian Freud died last week at the age of 88. The grandson of Sigmund Freud, he was a … More

It’s a busy morning at work and the schedule is full. IV pumps keep alarming and the phone never stops ringing. … More

Reluctantly, I sit at my computer writing this post. Tomorrow I will spend eight hours at a training computer learning … More

I expected to return to work today, but a temporary administrative glitch changed those plans. Rather than languish at home, … More

Last night was the opening reception for the Froelick Gallery group show, Equine. I am fortune that my painting Twenty-Oneis … More

Last week RealityRN.com asked me to respond to a new nurse’s post about the difficult transition from student to professional … More

Hospitals are not known for their fragrance, and recent shifts in particular have lacked delicate bouquet. It comes with the … More

The March 2011 issue of the American Journal of Nursing features my painting Mean Girls (First Communion II). (Click on … More

You know how when you were in nursing school reading about pathology, and you thought you had symptoms of every … More