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JParadisiRN Guest Post for RNFM Radio. Live Interview Monday March 18 at 9pm EST/6 pm PST
In preparation for the live interview with nurse co-hosts Keith Carlson and Kevin Ross on RNFM Radio: Nursing Unleashed! I’ve contributed a guest post … More
Changing Nurse Stereotypes Through Creative Control
At a restaurant, I demurely settled onto a chair pulled out by my escort. Glancing at the menu, I wonder … More
JParadisiRN Guests (Live) on RNFM Radio: Nursing Unleashed March 18 9pmEST/6pm PST
I’m honored to have received an invitation from fellow nurses and radio talk show hosts Keith Carlson and Kevin Ross … More
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
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
Mental Clutter
Perhaps I have no business writing about clutter, because I am a clutterer. I’m clean. You won’t stick to any … More
Commitment Makes You an Artist or A Nurse
That I am an artist was never questioned by anyone other than myself. It took time for me to believe … More
Maintaining Curiosity in Nursing Practice
Insight is the unanticipated gift of creativity. It struck like lightning during a shift in the oncology infusion clinic. A … More
Are You Circling The Drain? Self-Diagnosing A Creativity Resuscitation
Productivity and creativity are not the same thing. Neither are they mutually exclusive, but they are not the same thing. … More