Nurses Week – 2013 – Honor the Nurses You Know
Category Archives: nursing
Patient Activation – Nostalgia for Dorothea Orem!
Last week I read an article about “patient activation” with some amusement. Activation sounded like batteries. Did patients need a …
Nurse Shares Her Experience of Dying
As she lay dying from pancreatic cancer, Nurse Martha Keochareon wanted to do more than plan her funeral. So she …
BSN to Doctoral Degree Programs
As a retired nurse educator, I’m excited about the trend in nursing to prepare nurses at a younger age for …
Nursing Reunion Becomes Spiritual Retreat
“If only” runs through my mind as I remember our 50th reunion of a week ago. Twenty-nine of forty classmates …
A time to be born and a time to die…
We buried my nurse-mentor sister on Saturday, and we bury a beloved cousin tomorrow. As I sit at my desk …
My sister’s obituary – Kathleen Korthuis, PhD, RN
As I worked on my eulogy last evening, I became more and more impressed with how much Kay, as the …
In Memoriam – Kathleen E. Korthuis, PhD, RN, 1934-2012
My sister Kay passed away during the night from lung cancer. Just a month ago, as I sat at her …
Evidence Contradicts AAFP: NPs Ideal for Leading Patient-Centered Medical Homes
Reblogged from Off the Charts: By Karen Roush MS, RN, FNP-C, AJN clinical managing editor What will it take to …
A Shout Out to Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses
“I’d like you ask you something, ” a patient said to the nurse. “Are you Asian?” The nurse, Caucasian, said, …
