What I Did This Summer: Wine Tasting and Flitting About the Internet

Here in the Pacific Northwest, Summer’s brilliant, white light has toned down to a golden hue, announcing that Fall is … More

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You Can Find Me Here: New Posts for TheONC

It’s been a busy lately, and when it’s not, I’m  out enjoying the sunshine. Nevertheless, I’m keeping up with new … More

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Comparing Nursing to Journalism: This Week’s Post for TheONC

In this week’s post for TheONC, I compare the effect of witnessing life and death in nursing to journalism. Both … More

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A Get Well Card for Warren Buffet

As an oncology nurse, if I listened to the family members of an affluent, elderly patient debating at his bedside … More

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New Blog Up at TheONC

I’ve posted a new blog at TheONC: How to Assess Whether You Need Creative Resuscitation.

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Living With Our Mistakes & Holes in Our Socks

I’m learning to knit socks. If you read this blog regularly, you’ll recall learning to knit socks is one of … More

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A Blue Mason Jar Full of Post-It Notes Goals for The New Year

Every year I write my New Year’s resolutions on Post-It notes, filling a blue, vintageMason jar with them after reviewing the … More

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A Social License: Part I

I arrived at the courthouse shortly before 8 am. There was a long line of people standing on the sidewalk … More

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Blue Eyeshadow, Nurse Jackie, and Patients Care

The evidence I am overly tired from a long stretch of shifts appears when I swipe a brush across my … More

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Polymaths, Multitasking, and Renaissance Men (and Women)

On weekends, the clinic where I work closes when all of our patients are discharged. Sometimes we work a full … More

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