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    • 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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U.S. Health Care: Are you happy with your plan?

September 22, 2014

Before you answer yes or no, did you know that the foundational moral principle of all developed countries (around 40 …

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Caring Lessons / Prairie Lights / Iowa City / 2014

June 17, 2014

Thanks to Jan Weissmiller, poet and co-owner of Prairie Lights, Caring Lessons: A Nursing Professor’s Journey of Faith and Self will …

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Caring Lessons / Printers Row Lit Fest / Chicago 2014

June 3, 2014

Hey, everybody! Drop by this Saturday between 10 and 2 to see that Caring Lessons and I have finally made …

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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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Christmas Present for a Nurse or Nursing Student – 2013

December 14, 2013

For that nurse or nursing student in your life, consider giving them Caring Lessons: A Nursing Professor’s Journey of Faith …

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Caring Lessons: First Drafts–Finding a Friend to Go Through School with Me

November 4, 2013

The one thing I liked about Marianna from the start is that she looked like fun. Unlike drab me. I …

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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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Tea-inspired Decluttering Party Naturally Leads to “Caring Lessons”

October 21, 2013

I think it was the tea. For several days last week, I methodically decluttered my closets and drawers in one …

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Living in a High Rise – Audible Enunciators

September 16, 2013

People living in houses often ask, “What’s it like living in high rise?” This question came to mind last week …

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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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