I’m on my way home now— over 2,000 miles across the Pacific from the Hawaiian Islands to LA. This Viking cruise was literally just a taste. I remember our first trip abroad was called The Taste of Europe. The idea was to sample several countries and then return to the favorites for an in-depth look. …
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Passing Along Advice to My Younger Nursing Colleagues
As I look back over my 40-year nursing career, I sometimes wish I were still in the classroom so I could tell my students a few things I’ve come to believe are important on the road to becoming leaders. I say leaders, because we need leaders at this time of transition in our health care …
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Caring Lessons / Printers Row Lit Fest / Chicago 2014
Hey, everybody! Drop by this Saturday between 10 and 2 to see that Caring Lessons and I have finally made it to the Printers Row Lit Fest. Special pricing for the Fest will be $10.00 (normally $13.99). We'll be located at the book tent labeled Y, as in Yes. Ever since Caring Lessons came out almost …
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Review of Caring Lessons by Mary A. Osborne, Nurse and Author
I'm happy to present a recent Amazon review of Caring Lessons: A Nursing Professor's Journey of Faith and Self by Mary A. Osborne, nurse and author of Nonna's Book of Fiction, titled A Purpose Driven Life: It is an act of bravery to reveal one's life story in detail, to express one's struggles and fears …
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Caring Lessons / WOW Blog Tour – Stop #3
Today's author blog tour stop for Caring Lessons is with Jerri Ann Reason, a dynamic mom who brings all sorts of pertinent information to her readers on her "mom-e-centric" blog. She asked that I write a guest post about when I was a mom of young kids.The title is "Keeping Your ME While Being a …
Caring Lessons / WOW Blog Tour – Stop #2 / Tribute to Pepper Furey
Today, Caring Lessons is reviewed by Mason Canyon on her blog, Thoughts in Progress. Read her review here. My guest post for this blogger is about the importance of belonging to a writing group. It is most fitting for me to share with you now that one member of our group, Pepper Furey, passed away …
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Caring Lessons / WOW Blog Tour – Stop #1
I'm thrilled to tell you that Jodi Webb at WOW-Women on Writing has launched my blog tour for Caring Lessons. Read about it here. WOW! Nice work, Jodi! Thank you! Plan ahead. National Nurses Week is just around the corner, May 6-12. It's gift time! Buy a copy of Caring Lessons and help promote and …
An APA Memory – Teachers, Remember That Your Students Remember!
Three weeks ago, I posted "Dissertation Revisited", ending with a plea for help with APA format. A former student responded via email. Her memory serves to remind us "former teachers" that our students actually do remember some things they're taught! I had to laugh when you asked for help with APA format. When I put …
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