2019: Days of Miracle and Wonder

These are the days of miracle and wonder  -Paul Simon    New Year’s Eve 2018 marked the twentieth anniversary of … More

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Book Review: Sky the Oar, Poems by Stacy R. Nigliazzo

Sky The Oar poems by Stacy R. Nigliazzo  Publisher: Press 53, 2018 Stacy R. Nigliazzo is a poet living in … More

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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

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New Year’s Eve 2016: Hospital Staff Style

Since I left oncology infusion nursing to become an oncology nurse navigator, I’m no longer required to work holidays, as … More

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Found Time for Creativity and Mindfulness: Make The Most of Waiting

Around the beginning of the year, I wrote about setting a timer for 15 minutes each day and during that … More

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The Red Thread of Nursing Experience

An invisible red thread connects those destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstances. The thread may stretch or … More

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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 … More

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The Nursing Dilemma of Medical Marijuana

Medical marijuana is legal in Oregon, where I practice. In one sense, this seems to be an enlightened act of … More

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All Deaths Are a Great Loss

When I was in nursing school, an “elderly” instructor (she must have been at least 60) asked our class, “Is … More

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Nurses Work in Tight Spaces Under Intense Circumstances

I’m standing in the patient nutrition nook, eating a mid-morning snack of yogurt with a plastic fork, because I can’t … More

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