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The Beds We Make

During the lockdown of the pandemic, like many people, I spent more than my usual amount of time at home. To entertain myself, I stopped making my bed daily for about a week. I made sketches of the bedding arrangements as the week progressed. Then I made the painting.

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Art, art and nursing, Art Exhibition, Bed Making, juliannaparadisiart, nursing, Painting of Bed, patient care, Posts about Art

A Nurse and a Pharmacist Go On a Date That Resulted In Better Patient Care

“So, let me get this straight. If you have a cardiac event, or stop breathing, I can start CPR on you and potentially save your life, but if I go down, all you can do is call 911 and cry?”

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art and nursing, CPR, nurse blogs, nurse lifestyles, nurses, PALS, patient care, patient safety, Pediatric Codes, pharmacists

A Handful of Change

Has anyone else had this experience? I was at work with a headache. In the past, when I worked on … More

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dementia, elderly patients, generic drugs, headache, headaches, ibuprofen, medication literacy, nurse culture, nurse problems, patient care

Where Science, Humanity and Art Converge

JParadisiRN blog began by discussing art and nursing. For the most part it remains so, through observations of the way … More

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art and nursing, humanity, life drawing, nursing, patient care, rn blog

Nurses: Keeping Your New Job From Feeling Like The Titanic

Complaining about being overwhelmed by a job in this economy is a little like complaining about too much sunshine. It’s … More

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health, Julianna Paradisi, new job, nurse bloggers, nurse blogs, oncology nurse blogs, over-the-needle catheters, overwhelmed, patient care, professionalism, Titanic

Are Nurses Attracted to Gardening Because We Work in Close Proximity to Death?

On a beautiful late spring morning, I sat in my favorite chair, sipping coffee and writing. Through the window, I … More

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Biblical, container garden, gardeniing, gardens, gloves, human beings, hummingbird, Lot's wife, nurse blogs, nurses, nurturing, patient care, retirement, salvia

Managing Patient Anger

Recently, I received an invitation to submit jpegs of my paintings to a juried art exhibition. While looking over the … More

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anger, art and nursing, curate, nurse blogs, patient advocate, patient care, therapeutic communication

Nurses Can Offer Reassurance When Cancer Changes Relationship Roles

Many relationships thrive after cancer, but how? I think they transcend. In a way, a patient is lost to loved ones during … More

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care for caregivers, family cancer, Julianna Paradisi, Managing Relationships during cancer, nurse blogs, oncology nurse blogs, oncology nursing, patient care, rn blog, roles change during illness

A Nurse’s Guide to The Art Of Rescue

Horrified, I watched helplessly on the esplanade as a fuzzy, yellow gosling struggled to right itself from his back in … More

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goslings, grief process, mother geese, nurse blogs, nurse lifestyle, patient care, profound grief, rescue, rn blog, setting boundaries, spiritual care, willamette river

Cheap, Fast, Or Good

Last week I was on vacation, the centerpiece being a small family reunion of sorts at the home of my … More

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30 Rock, air travel, Bermuda Triangle, Cheap Fast or Good, health, Matt Damon, nurse blog, patient care, sky law, staffing issues, travel, vacation

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A Little About Myself

JParadisiRN 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 frequently contributes 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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