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  • Taking a Break

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  • Nursing Students Provide Insights into the Pandemic

    The media mainly focuses on the nurses and doctors who are on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rarely do we hear what nursing students are experiencing.  Below is a repost from the Setonian, the official undergraduate newspaper of Seton Hall University. ********************************** Seton Hall nursing students and faculty provide unique insights into pandemic Posted By Alexander Read more

  • Meet the Six Nightingale Awards Winners of 2020

    A deep thank you to my friend and fellow writer Michele Murdock who sent me the first Star Nurses publication, which documents the collaborative effort between the Washington Post and the American Nurses Association (ANA) to nominate six nurses from across Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia who “go above and beyond.” Hopefully, we will have Read more

  • The End of Writerly Silence: On a New (to Me) Workshop Model

    Originally posted on The Brevity Blog: By Kailyn McCord I grew up in what I’d call a traditional workshop. Non-genre specific, usually involving between six and twelve people, this model will be familiar to any in the capital-C capital-W Creative Writing world. In it, the writer under critique listens, verboten from speaking, while peers and… Read more

  • The Trip to the Farmers Market

    The Trip to the Farmers Market

    I drive to the Farmers Market on this dreary Friday. Frankly, it’s nice to have a break from the sunny, humid days. The gray skies impersonate an early Fall and lift my spirits.  This trip gets me out of the house and into a semblance of normalcy that I remember before the COVID-19 pandemic and Read more

  • Overdue Reckoning on Racism in Nursing

    Originally posted on NurseManifest: We are excited to announce a series of web discussions “Overdue Reckoning on Racism in Nursing” starting on September 12th, and every week through October 10th! This initiative is in part an outgrowth of our 2018 Nursing Activism Think Tank and inspired by recent spotlights on the killing of Black Americans… Read more