• Home Visits Can Be Fraught With Danger

    As I write my second book, which is about the home visits I have made over the years, I am resurrecting memories from my mind and the pages of my journals. Today’s post shows a time when I didn’t use common sense and how home visits can be fraught with danger.  One day in early…

  • Top 100 Nursing Blogs Of 2020 That Matter

    Correctional Nurse Why It Matters: This nursing blog has a focus on Correctional Nursing, a specialty that deals with providing care for incarcerated patients in places such as jails or juvenile centers. It’s perfect for nurses who are interested in the topic or even nurses who are simply curious about correctional facilities and those who have…

  • Heroic Symbol: A Nurse

    I first saw the picture of nurse Grace Cindric a month ago in our local newspaper, the News & Observer. In the photo, there’s a swagger in Cindric’s stride, a steely resolve in her sunglasses and respirator mask. In a sleeve of tattoos, there’s a friendly-looking panda staring out from her arm. The Pandemic is…

  • Under Construction

    My old website theme has been “retired.”  I am tweaking a new theme. Be back soon. 

  • What Would Flo Think?

    The last day of Nurses Week ends today on Florence Nightingale’s Birthday: May 12. Would Flo be surprised that a special day, May 6, had been dedicated to nurses in 1982, and in 1990, that day grew into a full week that ended on her birthday? Would she be pleased that the World Health Organization…

  • The Cat

    The story that I wrote almost thirty years ago was chosen as a finalist from 200 submissions to Carolina Woman Writing Contest. Debra Simon, editor and publisher of Carolina Woman magazine, decided that this year she would include a list of finalists. Lucky for me. Thank you, Debra Simon and Carolina Woman magazine, for selecting…