I'm thrilled to tell you that Jodi Webb at WOW-Women on Writing has launched my blog tour for Caring Lessons. Read about it here. WOW! Nice work, Jodi! Thank you! Plan ahead. National Nurses Week is just around the corner, May 6-12. It's gift time! Buy a copy of Caring Lessons and help promote and …
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Announcing: Caring Lessons Blog Tour Starts 3/12
Remember not so long ago when you'd go to a bookstore and hear readings by authors? Now another form of getting to know the author is available: the book blog tour. Caring Lessons was out awhile before I stumbled on information about WOW-Women on Writing on the SheWrites site for women writers. WOW was highly …
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AWP – A Writer’s Dream Vacation
I'm attending the AWP Conference & Bookfair for three days this week. Long days! AWP stands for the Association of Writers and Writing Programs. Sessions are 75 minutes long, back-to-back all day. They're held at the Chicago Hilton and the Palmer House Hilton. Shuttles run between these two ornately beautiful hotels As a nurse, I've …
Me, Worms, and my New iPhone
"It's all too much," I've said to my husband, my kids, my friends, and to anyone I've talked to in the last few weeks. I'm talking about technology, more specifically my new iPhone and Kindle. I've spent all my free time learning my phone, and my Kindle still sits here on my desk. And then, …
New Endorsement for Caring Lessons / From a Clinical Nurse Leader
Many thanks to Elizabeth Triezenberg, MSN, RN, CNL at Trinity Health for the following endorsement of Caring Lessons that arrived today. And thanks to the entire group of nurses at Trinity Health who have purchased and read Caring Lessons. I appreciate the support of each one of you and wish you every success on your …
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An Update on Skipping Sugar
Well. A few of you have held me accountable this past week by asking how the no sugar deal is going. Fine, thank you! Marv is loving every piece of the pie he bought last week, and he doesn't have to worry about me inhaling every sweet he brought home from his office Christmas party. …
Lose Weight Over Christmas?
Walking past a Fannie May shop this morning, I remembered those days when Pixies™, eggnog creams, and chocolate covered cherries covered the counters of nurses’ stations at Christmas. So, I want to challenge you, especially nurses, to skip the candy, in fact, to skip sugar altogether, over the holidays. But, you say, there are too …
Caring Lessons / Radio Interview, Part 2
I think I caught the infection I mentioned on my 11/29 blog post on this same topic. If so, that would be a good thing. Infections are normally unpleasant. They can be contagious. They can keep you home from work. But the infection that I hope I caught is a contagion that many of us …
Audio Post – Caring Lessons – Chapter 3
With the IV drip rate post of the other day, it's been fun going down the memory lane of nursing with you. As I'm working at my desk this morning, taking a breather before getting frosted in Chicago's cold, I decided it was time for an audio post update from Caring Lessons. Take a minute …
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