What Drawing Has in Common With Nursing

Telling Our Stories to Benefit Others is my latest blog post for TheONC; the online community for oncology care teams. Registering … More

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Never Stop Developing Your Curiosity: New Post This Week for TheONC

This week, I’ve written a new post for TheONC titled, Never Stop Developing Your Curiosity.  I discuss the role curiosity plays, not only … More

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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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This Ghoul Will be Your Nurse Tonight: Should Nurses Wear Halloween Costumes to Work?

I dodged a bullet this week. My coworkers are wearing costumes to work on Halloween. I was scheduled to work … 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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Pain is The 5th Vital Sign, Who Has Control?

Recently, two nurses in my blogging community wrote about patients in pain. Joni Watson at Nursetopia posted a link to … More

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I Wish I’d Said It

I went into a doctor’s office the other day and all the people—you know, the nurses and the receptionists and … More

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Welcome Back

Reluctantly, I sit at my computer writing this post. Tomorrow I will spend eight hours at a training computer learning … More

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I Wish I’d Said It

“What treatment is offered by ear in an emergency?” “Words of comfort, sir.” -Abraham Verghese

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Nurses’ Week: Sometimes The Best Recognition is None at All

Saturday morning, David and I woke to a noisy buzzing alarm coming from the elevator in the hallway of our … More

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