Nurses, this latest blog post I wrote for American Journal of Nursing is for sharing with your friends and family, who may be struggling to know how to support you. Of course we don’t expect our friends and family fix all our woes, but here are some tips for them in what - and what not - … Continue reading New Blog Post for AJN: How to Support the Nurse in Your Life, May 2022
Off the Charts
AJN’s Top 10 Blog Posts of the Year
It is always a privilege to write for Off the Charts, the blog of the American Journal of Nursing. My post titled "What’s a Preceptor’s Duty When a New Nurse Doesn’t Fit the Unit?" made #3 on their list of top 10 posts of 2019. All the posts are excellent and worth reading! You can … Continue reading AJN’s Top 10 Blog Posts of the Year
Guest Post for American Journal of Nursing: Learning New Skills of Supporting One Another as Nurses
Life post-TEDx Talk is slowly returning to a more reasonable pace, which means I finally have more time to start writing again. This latest guest blog post for the American Journal of Nursing is about an issue I have been wrestling with for awhile: Why do we nurses still seem to have a hard time … Continue reading Guest Post for American Journal of Nursing: Learning New Skills of Supporting One Another as Nurses
How to Support the Nurse in Your Life: Guest Post for American Journal of Nursing
I've been thinking a lot about why it can be so challenging for very well-intentioned friends and families of nurses to support us when our work takes its toll. My guest post for the American Journal of Nursing blog, Off the Charts, provides some suggestions for support that nurses may not always know how to directly … Continue reading How to Support the Nurse in Your Life: Guest Post for American Journal of Nursing
The Heart of Nursing 