Ode to a Pair of Nursing Clogs

This year I took a summer vacation, one of the joys of which was time painting in the studio. I’ve … More

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You Can Find Me Here: AJN’s Blog Off The Charts

Nurses Day 2013 has come and gone. I had a particularly good one, which I wrote a blog post The … More

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Why Nurses Need to Make Art

The first thing people usually say to me when they find out I’m an artist is, “Gosh, I can’t even … More

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Pondering Dreams

“People who deny themselves the privilege of dreaming are doomed to failure.” Oscar Hammerstein II I met a twenty-something student … More

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Nurses: Telling Our Stories Can Help Others

In art school, I once presented a painting entitled, “Recuerdo (I Remember)” for class critique. The painting was inspired by my … More

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Ah Yes! Back in The Studio

I write so much about nursing and art that I sometimes forget I’m a painter. Low census yesterday meant I … More

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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

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Social Media is a Gateway Vice

             The stories people tell have a way of taking care of them. If stories come … More

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JParadisi RN Launches New Blog: Die Krankenschwester

  “There is no use trying.” said Alice; “one can’t believe impossible things.” “I dare say you haven’t had much practice,” … More

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Making a Painting with Gertrude and Earnest in the Rabbit Hole

    It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing … More

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