Tips for Learning Chemotherapy Administration
I attended a chemotherapy and biotherapy course. Most of the nurses attending had administered chemotherapy for years, but a group of nurses new to oncology sat at the far end of the table. By the end...
View ArticleCan Nurses Change Course? Thoughts on Inertia
When I hear the word inertia, the meaning I think of is actually paralysis: The loss of the ability to move (and sometimes to feel anything) in part or most of the body, typically as a result of Take...
View ArticleYou Can Find Me Here: AJN’s Blog Off The Charts
Nurses Day 2013 has come and gone. I had a particularly good one, which I wrote a blog post The Best Nurses Day Gift: Enough Time for Patients for Off The Charts, the blog of the American Journal of...
View ArticleThe Damaging Effect of Preciosity
Preciosity is over-refinement in art, music, or language, especially in the choice of words. Nurse as Sisyphus by jparadisi I am struggling with preciosity while writing this post. A clever idea isn’t...
View ArticleAlopecia And The Pirate
As I write this post, some scientists are searching for ways to prevent male baldness through genetic manipulation. Others are conducting similar research to cure cancer. Is hair really as significant...
View ArticleI Wish I’d Said It
“To relieve a full bladder is one of the great human joys.” Henry Miller Nurses, agreed? Filed under: Posts About Art & Nursing Tagged: famous quotes, full bladder, Henry Miller, human joys, nurse...
View ArticleNurses Can Offer Reassurance When Cancer Changes Relationship Roles
Many relationships thrive after cancer, but how? Self Portrait by jparadisi I think they transcend. In a way, a patient is lost to loved ones during cancer treatment. Roles within the relationship...
View ArticleTMI? How Transparent Should Nurses Be With Patients?
cartoon by jparadisi While on vacation, my husband and I waited patiently in a restaurant for our food. In contrast with our leisurely pace, the wait staff swarmed almost cartoony in the effort to...
View ArticleSurviving The Realities of Nursing
One of the things I love about blogging is conversation through comments on posts with people I may not otherwise meet. I learn as much from the comments as I do writing the posts. I received a comment...
View ArticleWhere Science, Humanity and Art Converge
JParadisiRN blog began by discussing art and nursing. For the most part it remains so, through observations of the way science, humanity, and art converge, transferring these observations into blog...
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