Originally posted on Getting Older: Charting the Uncharted:
I promptly lost my first Medicare card. When I opened the envelope and saw the red, white and blue border, I was reminded of the elderly I cared for over twenty years ago when I was a gerontological nurse practitioner. I ran a not-for-profit clinic in a…
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The Eric Hoffer Award
I am pleased to announce that Stories from the Tenth-Floor Clinic: A Nurse Practitioner Remembers is a 2019 Eric Hoffer Award Finalist.
Nurses Week–Here We Go Again
Here we go again. It’s Nurses Week and we are still battling a misguided perception of nurses. This isn’t just a week to celebrate nurses for all that we do to keep patients well and safe, not only in hospital settings but on the world stage, and to remind ourselves that for 52 weeks a…… Continue reading Nurses Week–Here We Go Again
A Long Overdue Thank You
I had finally decided to clean out my office closet. I started with the stuffed cardboard file box. The first thing I reached for was a frayed manila envelope. The stack of typed pages spilled out onto the floor. After I read the first two sheets—an early attempt at documenting my nursing life—I knew I…… Continue reading A Long Overdue Thank You
Barriers to Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
In the April 2019 AARP Bulletin there is an article discussing the restrictive laws in North Carolina that control Advanced Practice Registered Nurses.* North Carolina is where I now live. While I no longer practice as a nurse practitioner, I’m always on the lookout for the latest restrictions or advances in APRN practice. And I…… Continue reading Barriers to Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
The Dreaded Question
Originally posted on Bloom:
by Marlene Adelstein Now that my debut novel, Sophie Last Seen, has just been published and I’ve started doing readings and interviews to promote it, I’m hoping my least favorite question won’t pop up. But inevitably, it does. How long did it take you to write? It’s often the first question…
COLD CLINICAL FACTS
Originally posted on Getting Older: Charting the Uncharted:
Four women in my Wednesday evening non-fiction workshop graciously agreed to be my beta-readers and look over my manuscript during a two week break, following suggestions outlined by our leader, Carol Henderson. What Carol stressed, among other things, was not to get bogged down with spelling and…
Spotlight: Marianna Crane
Originally posted on Getting Older: Charting the Uncharted:
This appeared in the September 2017 Erie Family Health Center Donor Newsletter ? Anniversary Spotlight: Marianna Crane ? Over thirty years ago Dr. Sally Lundeen, a nurse and Erie Family Health Center’s first Executive Director, spearheaded a project that would provide care for the underserved elderly right…
Nursing Truths for a New Era: Author Interview with Marianna Crane
Originally posted on The Practice of Creativity:
Happy new year, everyone! It feels especially poignant to begin the first post of the year with a special Author Q&A. More than a decade ago, before I formally began my coaching practice, I taught creativity workshops at UNC-Chapel Hill’s The Friday Center. They had a thriving adult…
The Building as Character
This was originally posted on November 5, 2018 Memoir Writer’s Journey November 5, 2018 By Kathy Pooler The Building as Character by Memoirist Marianna Crane “Home is a shelter from storms—all sorts of storms.” —William J. Bennett As a family nurse practitioner, I read Marianna Crane’s memoir with great interest…… Continue reading The Building as Character
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