Here's an opportunity to peruse an array of nursing journals for free! Scroll through NOW--you may find one or a few helpful to you in your practice. This free offer ends on May 12, the final day of Nurses Week. Thanks to publishers Wolters Kluwer / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins for this professional recognition during …
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Are you almost ready to finish writing your book? I compiled ten tips that helped me finish Caring Lessons. Check them out on Julie Lindsey's blog, Musings From the Slushpile, the seventh stop on the author blog tour for Caring Lessons. Plan ahead. Think about gifts for those special nurses in your life. National Nurses …
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May 31st is the deadline for renewing my license as a registered nurse, a license I’ve held for fifty years. For two years, I’ve been preparing myself that my golden anniversary would be a memorable time to let it expire. After all, I retired from working full-time twelve years ago and haven’t even volunteered to …
This morning I found that my blurb on WOW Blog Tour #6 was posted as a "related article" on this "allaboutlemon" touching reminder about the importance of hope. I agree, a good thought for a Sunday morning.
Each book reviewer on this ten-stop tour takes a slightly different approach. The blogger today, Kathy, at I am a Reader, Not a Writer asked me to answer questions. So, if you're following regularly, click on the link, and I'm sure you'll find something surprising. Like, What would I rather do: text or talk? She's …
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It’s an overcast chilly day in Chicago, just the kind of day for a good joke. And I got one this morning from a former nursing student at Trinity Christian College, now a seasoned grad. She’d had a “crazy” day yesterday. Here’s why: Our primary IV tubing is on back order. This means we can't use …
Do you think your life is too humdrum for a memoir? Dave Eggers, in The Autobiographer's Handbook1, emphasizes one reason you should write: "…because you will someday die, and without your story on paper, most of it will be forgotten." (p. 1) He says we strive to preserve the world's history from antiquity on for …
The e-mail was unexpected. The subject line - "Looks like we're having cereal for supper cuz Mom can't stop reading this book:)" - stopped my hand on the mouse. Should I open it? The sender's name, Amy Nagelkirk, was not familiar. Amy identified herself as a former nursing student of mine, since married, at Trinity …
These January book readings are listed under my Events page, but I'm putting them in a post so you can see them without an extra click. The last two are open to the public. Hope to see some of you there! Advance notice: save Sunday, February 13, 4:30pm, for a reading at Women & Children …
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