Sitting at my husband's hospital bedside recently, I marveled at the changes I saw in nursing since I retired just seventeen years ago. I know I sound really old, but here's a list of what I saw being done differently: The endless use of gloves: I only wore gloves if a patient was in isolation. …
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As nursing advocate and journalist Suzanne Gordon says, Stand Up for Nursing! Read and support how Nurse Practitioners (NPs) can play a major role in our health care system. Thanks, Lois
Nurses Week 2012 / A Nurse Practitioner in Reiki Practice
Jane Van De Velde, nurse practitioner, writes this week on "Once a Nurse, Always a Nurse" on my friend Marianna Crane's blog. Click to read how Dr. Van De Velde incorporates the skills she's learned in nursing into her holistic practice of Reiki. And learn more about the healing power of Reiki at her Reiki …
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Welcome: Marianna Crane and Nursing Stories
If you've read Caring Lessons, you know Marianna. In Chapter 7, Finding a Friend, she's the "Red Hair" gal I spotted in a class I was taking and determined, immediately, that she " could be the friend I wanted. A friend with an insatiable mind for learning" (p. 78). It was Marianna who first inspired …
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