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    • Welcome readers!
    • Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae – Nursing (1958-2000)
    • Resume – Writing (2000-Current)
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    • Excerpts from Caring Lessons
      • Chapter 1 – Sweet Little Hoitie
      • Chapter 2 – A Matter of Attitude
      • Chapter 3 – Shift Work
      • Chapter 4 – Rotten Potatoes
      • Chapter 5 – Running Away
      • Chapter 6 – Time-out
      • Chapter 7 – Finding a Friend
      • Chapter 8 – Diploma Mentality
      • Chapter 9 – Breaking the Mold
      • Chapter 10 – Bluffing It
      • Chapter 11 – Meeting Sadie
      • Chapter 12 – Cleaning House
      • Chapter 13 – Liverwurst
      • Chapter 14 – Oscar Mayer Weiner
      • Chapter 15 – Cogito Ergo Sum
      • Chapter 16 – First Shots
      • Chapter 17 – Nothing Physical
      • Chapter 18 – Fancy Title
      • Chapter 19 – No Surprises, Be Legal
      • Chapter 20 – Sister Mary Holy Water
      • Chapter 21 – Getting Organized
      • Chapter 22 – Sadie Tomczyk
      • Chapter 23 — Going Back
      • Chapter 24 — Things I Tried
      • Chapter 25 — Storms of Illness
      • Chapter 26 — Cancer
      • Chapter 27 — Trusting God
      • Chapter 28 — On My Way
    • Reviews of Caring Lessons
      • Endorsements
      • Nursing Program Recommendation
      • Professional Reviews
      • Readers’ Responses
      • Speaking Recommendations
  • Marv Taking Charge
    • Media Kit
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  • Stories
    • An American at a Russian Bliny Tasting Party
    • Iowa Summer Writing Festival – Personal Essay
    • Thoughts on False vs True Selves on a Snowy Day in Chicago
    • Waters of Bethesda
    • Graduation Water
    • Iowa Summer Writing Festival – Rant
    • Saying Farewell to My Nursing Files
    • Two Nurses’ Karaoke Debut

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R is for Review

April 20, 2021

An entry for the Blogging from A to Z in April Challenge A few months ago, a blogging friend, VJ …

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Nurses Week, May 6-12, 2015 -The American Nurse Project: Interviews

May 9, 2015

According to the American Nurses Association, the US needs 1.1 million registered nurses over the next eight years. If you …

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Caring Lessons: First Drafts–Nursing Care of a Baby with Hydrocephalus in the 50s

October 28, 2013

“Just grab the head and don’t let go,” the nurse barked at me. “And the rest of the body will …

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Caring Lessons Celebrates Third Anniversary

September 9, 2013

Fun things first. In honor of this third anniversary, I’m giving away one copy of Caring Lessons: A Nursing Professor’s …

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Caring Lessons / WOW Blog Tour – Stop #7 / Ten Tips to Finish Your Book

March 29, 2012

Are you almost ready to finish writing your book? I compiled ten tips that helped me finish Caring Lessons. Check …

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Living Lighter – Watch Carbs, Walk More

March 22, 2012

I learned this simple mandate, watch carbs, walk more,  last fall from Laura Dion-Jones after I was a guest as …

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Caring Lessons / WOW Blog Tour – Stop #5 / Giveaway

March 20, 2012

Each book reviewer on this ten-stop tour takes a slightly different approach. The blogger today, Kathy, at I am a …

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Caring Lessons / WOW Blog Tour – Stop #3

March 14, 2012

Today’s author blog tour stop for Caring Lessons is with Jerri Ann Reason, a dynamic mom who brings all sorts …

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Caring Lessons / WOW Blog Tour – Stop #2 / Tribute to Pepper Furey

March 13, 2012

Today, Caring Lessons is reviewed by Mason Canyon on  her blog, Thoughts in Progress. Read her review here. My guest …

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Caring Lessons / WOW Blog Tour – Stop #1

March 12, 2012

I’m thrilled to tell you that Jodi Webb at WOW-Women on Writing has launched my blog tour for Caring Lessons. …

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(For personal contact or to purchase my nursing career memoir, Caring Lessons: A Nursing Professor’s Journey of Faith and Self, you may write me at caringlessons@gmail.com. All proceeds go to the Trinity Alumni Nursing Association at Trinity Christian College.)

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