Originally posted on Nursing Stories: Memories of an Older Nurse:
I’m now taking watercolor classes, struggling to create something that I can be proud of but mostly learning how to be humble and not compare myself with my fellow classmates. As hard as I try to enjoy the journey and not focus on the end…
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Are You Glad You Became a Nurse?
Originally posted on Nursing Stories: Memories of an Older Nurse:
I found an interesting study regarding nurses’ satisfaction with their career choice. Note the respondents were middle-aged (45 – 64) and predominately female. Since my specialty is gerontology, I have included the comments made by three older nurses. Yes, Yes, I know they are all…
Happy Lasagna Day
Originally posted on Nursing Stories: Memories of an Older Nurse:
? ? ? ? ? ? My husband and I are spending Thanksgiving alone—by choice. We had been invited out but graciously declined. After having three sets of houseguests in six weeks, we are happy to be alone. By the way, the house has never…
Getting Older
Originally posted on Nursing Stories: Memories of an Older Nurse:
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…
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 Nursing Stories: Memories of an Older Nurse:
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…
Spotlight: Marianna Crane
Originally posted on Nursing Stories: Memories of an Older Nurse:
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…
Josephine Ensign (1960 – )
Originally posted on NurseManifest:
Inspiration for Activism! Worked for three decades as a family nurse practitioner providing primary health care to homeless adolescents and adults in large urban areas on both coasts of the U.S. Focuses her work on increasing understanding of the lives of marginalized populations, and developing ways to increase their access to…
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