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Happy Birthday JParadisi RN’s Blog!

     Today, January 10, 2010 is the first year anniversary of JParadisi RN’s Blog. I had no idea I would enjoy … More

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2010 The Year of the Nurse, AJN, American Journal of Nursing, Art, art blog, first anniversary of blog, JParadisi RN's Blog, nursing, nursing issues, real nurses, RN blogs

Balancing Expectations for Good Health

     I have a special place in my heart for Dr. Susan Love. When I was diagnosed with breast cancer … More

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Art, breast cancer, Dr. Susan Love, expectations for good health, healthy lifestyle, nursing, oncology nursing, patient care, survivorship, womens health

Snowbound for the Holidays

             While drinking my morning coffee, I noticed a perfect reflection of Portland in a water-glass on the window sill. The … More

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Art, artists, holidays, morning coffee, Nebraska snowstorm, New Year's, nursing, obligations, Portland, snow, snowbound, waterglass

The Season of Lights

                              The other day I wondered if my blog posts are depressing this time of year when … More

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Christmas lights, Christmas tree, darkness, festival of lights, Florence Nightingale, Hanukka, Holiday Posts, humanity, lamps, light, Mennorah, nurse stories, nurses, nursing, patient care, season of lights, The Lady with the Lamp, winter

I Wish I’d Said It

    My hope that I would have a whole series of empty days, days without interruption, days in which to think and … More

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Art, busy-ness, creation, holidays, making art, may sarton, nursing, quotes about making art

Who’s a Jethro? Thoughts on an Aging Nurse Population

     My patient was watching The Beverly Hillbillies on TV while I set up the supplies needed to start her IV. I … More

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ADEA, Age Discrimination and Employment Act, aging nurse population, customer service, human resources, Jethro, Medscape, nurse rentention, nurses, nursing, nursing shortage, staff satisfaction, staffing issues, The Beverly Hillbillies

What I Learned in Nursing School about Customer Service

Many of my patients are recently discharged from the hospital. Most of them tell me about the wonderful care they’ve received there, and … More

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CNA, cocktail waitress, difficult customers, difficult patients, drunk, nursing, nursing school, nursing student, patient care, rn blog, self-respect, setting boundaries, student nurse, summer jobs

The H1N1 Vaccine: I Took One for the Team

  Note:  This post is in response to  a post by Shawn Kennedy MA, RN, interim editor-in-chief of the AJN blog, … More

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can you legislate good health?, family, H1N1 vaccine, mandatory flu shots for nurses, nursing, patient care, swine flu vaccine

Art Making & Nursing Competence Post Makes Top 100 List

 RNCentral.com has included a post from this blog, Art Making and Nursing Competence, on its list of 100 Blog Posts You Should Read … More

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Art, art and nursing, Milepost 5, nursing, RNCentral.com, The Manor of Art Portland

Mistakes are Judged by their Outcomes

     It’s been a long time now, since I was on my knees, praying that the  young woman lying crumpled in front of … More

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Art, crimes, criminalization of mistakes, emergencies, humanity, mistakes, nursing, patient care, Portland, portland bicycling, urban bicyclst

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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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