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    • 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
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    • 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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A Nurses Week Tribute to My Sister Kathleen (Kay) Elizabeth Korthuis, PhD, RN,1934-2012

May 15, 2014

I remember: You blaming me for your hips being uneven, ha ha, because you had to carry me around when …

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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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U of Chicago – Degree and Certificate Program Convocation Ceremony – 2013

June 18, 2013

The only thing I know is that I don’t know. A thought attributed to Plato or Socrates (From my notes …

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BSN to Doctoral Degree Programs

November 9, 2012

As a retired nurse educator, I’m excited about the trend in nursing to prepare nurses at a younger age for …

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Caring Lessons in the Nursing Classroom

July 23, 2012

Nursing faculty: Are you planning textbooks for your fall courses? I invite you to consider Caring Lessons: A Nursing Professor’s …

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Caring Lessons – Blog Tour Over – What Next?

April 16, 2012

I’m finished, ” I announced to my husband late last week. Always appearing a bit skeptical when I make such …

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Caring Lessons / Radio Interview

November 29, 2011

Tomorrow, between 3 and 4pm Chicago time, I will be a guest on the Laura Dion-James Show at wrmn1410.com. Tune …

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Trinity Christian College Dedicates The Cynthia Sander Nursing (Sim) Lab

October 11, 2011

On Saturday, October 8, 2011, the Department of Nursing at Trinity Christian College held a dedication ceremony for their new …

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Invite: Book Signing in Grand Rapids, MI

September 8, 2011

Hey, I’m coming back to GR for a book signing of Caring Lessons: A Nursing Professor’s Journey of Faith and …

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Invite: Book Event, Bourgeois Pig Cafe, Chicago

August 20, 2011

As featured author on Tuesday, August 23, 7:30pm, I’ll be reading excerpts from Caring Lessons: A Nursing Professor’s Journey of …

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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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