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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

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

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Art, art and nursing, blogging, media representation of nurses, nurse blogs, nurse lifestyle, oncology nursing, pediatric intensive care nursing, rn blog, RNFMradio

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

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Abraham Verghese, Art, art and nursing, artists, creative control, film makers, health, Kafka, nurse blogs, nurse stereotypes in the media, nurse stories, nurses and the media, oncology nurse blogs, rn blog, writers

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

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art and nursing, internet radio station, j.paradisirn, live interview, nurse blogs, nurses, oncology nurses, rn blog, RNFMradio

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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Art, art and nursing, breast cancer, breast cancer patient, cancer, class critique, health, intensive care nurse, oncology nursing, oncology rn blog, painting, pediatric intensive care nursing, pediatric nursing, rn blog, stillbirth, story telling

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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Art, art and nursing, Arts, creativity, health, nurse blogs, painting, rn blog

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

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art and nursing, creativity, exercise, health, job stress, managing stress, mental clutter, mental-health, nurse blogs, nurse lifestyle, rn blog, turn off switch, yoga

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

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Art, art and health, art and nursing, artist, commitment, creativity, health, nurse, nurse blogs, nurse lifestyles, nursing skills, rn blog, self care, self-expression

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

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Art, art and nursing, creativity, curiosity, health, IV iron, nurse blogs, nurses, rn blog

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

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Art, art and nursing, creativity, health, nurse blogs, rn blog, self care, self-diagnosis, self-expression, signs, universal sign of carrying the world on your shoulders, universal sign of creative strangulation

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Unknown's avatarJParadisiRN 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 was a frequent contributor of 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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