As America’s baby boomers blossom into late middle age, fifty or so, the US health care system will need to make a few changes to keep up with us. On turning fifty this year, I think I look and... Read more >>

I’m a smoker. Oh no! you say, Not one of those. It’s true. I started smoking in nursing school, of all places. Between the stress, and the fact that my best friends in nursing school... Read more >>

I am a nursing student about to go into my first level of clinicals and I’m thirty-two. Okay, so I’m not old right, but I have to track down my shot records, which had... Read more >>

After spending two weeks in the hospital, The Ancient One decided that she’s never ever ever going back. Well, she’s eighty-seven—she should be able to make that choice. Of course,... Read more >>

Lisa Harrington was a pediatric nurse who was bored with the standard shoelace-style lanyard on which she wore her hospital ID. So she designed and made a stylish alternative to wear—and her... Read more >>

Victoria Wells is a Philadelphia native and has been an avid reader since childhood. Wells’ interest in writing took root while taking a creative writing course in college. Her most memorable... Read more >>

It’s been three months or so now and I cannot believe it’s been this long. I have been caring for this man, boy. I do not know what to call him really. My lover is what I want to call him... Read more >>

Who knows the heart of a nurse, except another nurse who has been called to this profession? The words of the book of Esther come to my mind. Reference Esther 4:14a: “And who knows but that you... Read more >>

I read an article on Yahoo! yesterday that said a school in New York City is offering teachers $125,000 to work at their school. Are they serious? $125,000? It reminded me of the on-going argument... Read more >>

Sure I do. Because my blog is my baby. And everyone—the media, fellow moms, the scientists—keeps telling me that breast is best. That nursing this being is a labor of love and good in the... Read more >>