In my profession, I see a whole lot of skin. It’s not only the largest human organ, Continue reading
When we just get all tangled up.
The first thing I do when I get to the hospital each morning is look over my patient assignment for the day. Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
On entertaining the troops and those miserable nurses in the waiting room.
After spending the last few years working in the hospital, I’ve come to realize just Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
When a nurse just has a moment.
I don’t necessarily think you have to be a nurse to experience these, but that’s when I first started noticing them myself. They’ve been with me through my first five years of practice, Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
On nursing and the unrelenting peck of addiction.
I’m a walking contradiction. I’m an extroverted introvert who has an internal compulsion to Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
On redefining normal and scraping the burnt off your toast.
Nurses see some pretty awful things. I love what I do, but this is the honest truth. On a daily basis we watch as the ravages of disease take hold and Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
When it’s Nurses’ Week and you have something important to say.
I was just about to begin my shift one morning when it happened. A weary-eyed night-shift friend of mine Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
On being thankful for Dantrolene.
This was just a few days before I found the first mass in his neck.
It’s been 28 years since they took him from my arms and walked away. I remember watching his huge eyes over the nurse’s shoulder Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
When all you can say is Hallelujah.
What kind of love is this?? I mean, really. How could I – this sin-filled, self-absorbed, whiney little weakling Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
On aching for Sunday.
Early morning garden … new beauty unfolding … promises of new life abundant in the morning’s coolness. Continue reading
