I'm in to the nursing shortage tonight, partly because I've heard some horror stories again about people's experiences where they needed a nurse and encountered someone without the education or licensure. I'm not out to paint nursing as all rosy. The economic downturn right now is affecting jobs. Read or listen to this newscast: Shortage …
Nursing Shortage Update — AACN
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing has updated their fact sheet on the nursing shortage, a fact sheet that I've used before for obtaining shortage data for the promotion of Caring Lessons. Check out their website: AACN - Media - Nursing Shortage Fact Sheet As one of the growing population of older folks, I …
Blogging as a Nursing Student
One of the fun things about blogging is having easy access to others that blog on topics similar to yours. And this week I stumbled upon a great blog by a nurse that teaches informatics to her nursing students and makes them write a blog for the course. Now, imagine if I would have had …
Once a Nurse, Always a Nurse
I'm often asked if I miss nursing. Yes, I do. I don't miss getting up early and going to work. Or the evening and weekend work while teaching. But I think when you're a nurse, nursing becomes a part of you. As much a part as your hand or heart. Last week, I had an …
Drowning in Paper
It's bad enough drowning in drafts of my memoir, but now I'm needing to go through 17 boxes of old papers that I stored when we moved to our condo five years ago. No wonder I'm procrastinating long enough to complain about it. I wonder what other people do when they finish a book and …
Creative Nonfiction’s Popularity – Why?
With the Spring 2010 issue of "Creative Nonfiction," this literary journal became a magazine. Lee Gutkind started the journal in 1993 when there were few creative nonfiction journals around. And now, as a magazine, it will be expanding to include more than essays. There will be articles on craft, literary developments, profiles, and more. So …
A “Category to Tag” Enlightenment
Wow, the light has dawned; the road is clear. I just figured out the difference between tags and categories. I thought I knew before because I've read the "help" page on it several times. But no! So from now on, I'll add tags (as well as my already established categories) to my posts and see …
Writers: Start a Writing Circle
Writing Tip: Start your own Writing Circle. Near Christmas the first year I was writing my memoir, I faced a few weeks between classes at the Newberry Library when I spotted a notice on a bulletin board for a writing group for people over 60. I adjusted my trifocals and peered up to read the …
All Nature Sings – A Memoir
All Nature Sings: A Spiritual Journey of Place is a beautifully illustrated new memoir by a friend of mine--Carol J. Rottman. If you like nature and a warm, genuine voice, you will like what Carol describes as a "travel journal--not to exotic parts of the globe or to scenes of known beauty," but just to …
Nurse Turned Blogger
So today I have learned, all by myself, how to add "child" pages under a "parent" page on this blog. Note my spiffy work by clicking "Excerpts" on the header. This "learning" only took two hours. I say this to encourage any illiterates like me that learning is possible. Plus, if the WordPress help menus …
Write Along with Me 