Thank you, Joost van Beek and team at Nurse Recruiter, for selecting my blog to be among their top nurse blogs for 2019. This is their second year for examining nursing blogs, and I've made their cut this year for a second time. I appreciate their dedication to this project! This organization groups their top …
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Eighth Blogging Anniversary
WordPress notified me today that I started this blog eight years ago. I remember the day precisely. I’d just heard a favorite writing teacher, Helen Gallagher, tell our group that if we had a book coming out, we must start a blog at least six months ahead of time to help establish a platform. I’d …
Preparing for Death
Morbid, right? In a sense, yes. In another, no. Around twelve years ago, my four older siblings and their spouses started planning for their funerals by buying cemetery plots. I followed their actions via our email chats. Since I’m five to eleven years younger, I saw no need to start planning. Now, unbelievably, six of …
Nostalgia for Nursing
Oh no. That was bad. After being happily retired from nursing for nearly seventeen years, I had a severe attack of nostalgia last week. We were on our way home from AZ to SD and stopped at a niece’s along the way. An RN, she offered me a tour of her hospital where she’s worked …
The Truth About Nursing on TV Shows
When I discovered Call the Midwife on PBS a few years ago, I was thrilled that someone in the media finally got nursing right-- nurses as intelligent, knowledge-based, autonomous practitioners. Most TV shows portray us as either bimbos or handmaidens of the physician or both; therefore, I'm happy to share The Truth About Nursing's 2015 …
Passing Along Advice to My Younger Nursing Colleagues
As I look back over my 40-year nursing career, I sometimes wish I were still in the classroom so I could tell my students a few things I’ve come to believe are important on the road to becoming leaders. I say leaders, because we need leaders at this time of transition in our health care …
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Cognitive Multitasking – What Nurses Do
So, last time, I promised more posts about our river tour along the Danube, Main, and Rhine rivers. Well, internet remained sketchy, so I wasn't able to. More about the trip later, though. Now, back in my regular retired life in Chicago, I am pleased to present this review of a book written by nurse, …
Nurses in Hungarian Public Hospitals Plan Third Gathering at Parliament Building
A few days ago, walking near the Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, I came upon this tent. As a nurse from the U.S., the words "poor hospital" caught my attention. I wondered if free care was being given--perhaps blood pressure screenings or immunizations. While my husband went on to find a currency exchange, I stopped …
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Why Caring Lessons Goes to Printers Row Lit Fest
"Pardon me," said the well-dressed older man. "But could you tell me when this festival got so big? Last time I was here, there were only a few tents. And today," he paused, his smile wide, "this is huge, and so many people." So began a conversation with a visitor from the East Coast last …
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Caring Lessons at Printers Row – Saturday, June 6, 2015, 10-2
Rook Creek Books Presents: Blake Hausladen & guest authors Lois Hoitenga Roelofs, Laura Enright, Frank Heiberger, Rachel E. Kelly, Florence Osmund, Norma Niemi Lundstrom, Mary Carter, Timm Holt, Tawn Krakowski, Janina Rusiecki, Bill Kennedy, Tyler Coulson, Victoria Noe, Lenore Janecek, Hope Russell Nunki, & Caroline Lee! Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest June 6-7, 10 …
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