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A Fifty Year Nursing Career Unwrapped: An Autoethnographic Memoir Nursing is a profession that is as varied as life itself! In my fifty years as a nurse, I practiced in all kinds of settings from hospitals to private offices and from storefront clinics to telehealth. I worked in intensive care and primary care. My patients ranged from high-risk newborns to chro...

If you wonder how estrogen affects the brain, check out my YouTube videos! I cover depression, anxiety, stress, cognition, PTSD, schizophrenia, and even autism. If your teaching is focused on any of these areas, you might find it helpful. Let me know!

Estrogen and the brain

Hot off the press! This is a very comprehensive and well-researched report focused on health care services for those experiencing intimate partner violence.

Read "Essential Health Care Services Addressing Intimate Partner Violence" at NAP.edu Read chapter Front Matter: A National Academies committee was tasked with identifying essential health care services for women related to intimate partner...

I am thrilled to announce the launch of a project that has been in the works for the past year - the Nursing Professor Faculty Mentor series of books. This is the first in the series and can be found on Amazon - there is a link on my website. The aim is to support new colleagues who are navigating the academic field without adequate preparation. The lack of resources and experienced faculty to guide them is a challenge that many face. I encourage you to share this valuable resource with any colleagues who may benefit. Thank you!

Shadow Me As I Teach a Course Online This book is organized as though you are shadowing me as I teach a course online. It's deliberately written in a casual style to simulate discussions we would have in a mentoring relationship. My goal is to take you into the trenches with me and share the experience. I’ll discuss and provide tips....

I'm mentoring students in their last education course for their master's degree and the topic of interprofessional collaboration was the focus this week. One of the students described a rather disturbing scenario in her setting related to hospital hierarchies that prompted me to provide this article on embracing productive conflict. I fear that nursing is losing ground in this area and can learn from the work of this author who describes 10 principles that are noteworthy. Take a look!

Ten principles for embracing productive conflict (opinion) The Benevolent Intention Principle, the Likability Principle and more—Todd Kashdan proposes a set of principles for higher ed institutions that aspire to promote free inquiry and protect dissent.

Diet and disease - we know there are important connections!! This recent review published in Nature does a great job of exploring the relationship between the nutrients we consume and their connection to the metabolic pathways we know exist in cardiovascular, autoimmune, neurodegenerative, and metabolic diseases. Definitely worth a look!

Effects of dietary intervention on human diseases: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic potential - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy Diet, serving as a vital source of nutrients, exerts a profound influence on human health and disease progression. Recently, dietary interventions have emerged as promising adjunctive treatment strategies not only for cancer but also for neurodegenerative diseases, autoimmune diseases, cardiovascula...

Nurses are often confronted with situations that require a moral compass. In this paper, I share three case scenarios that impacted my life and career. What would you do in these situations?
https://allwise.com/moral-distress-in-nursing

Nursing is a profession that is as varied as life itself! In my fifty years as a nurse, I practiced in all kinds of settings from hospitals to private offices and from storefront clinics to telehealth. I worked in intensive care and primary care. My patients ranged from high-risk newborns to chronically ill elderly, some of whom died in my arms. This memoir shares many of these powerful and unforgettable moments.

My personal health paralleled my work. I was diagnosed with severe endometriosis at age 24, infertility, and eventually an early surgical menopause followed by bilateral mastectomies. There were periods of extreme stress that contributed to a midlife disability resulting in both of my hips being replaced.

Through all of this, I clawed my way up the career ladder as an adult learner from a community college to a Ph.D. Being a single parent added yet another dimension to my life and understanding of how lives and health are often impacted by sociocultural circumstances.

My story traces how and why I chose nursing and what beliefs and values guided me in the care that I gave to others. I felt compelled to confront racism, incivility, and unethical behavior both in clinical and academic settings. The negative consequences of these choices were followed by the trauma I experienced related to age discrimination. My story shines a light not only on nursing but on how culture impacts success or failure in the working world. It’s a story that many will find relatable.

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Skin lesions can be very tricky to figure out! I've been using this website for years. It comes out of New Zealand and includes a page that helps in self-diagnosis. With winter in many parts of the world now, skin issues can be more prevalent. Being able to differentiate what might be relatively manageable from more serious conditions is critical. I think you will find it very helpful!

DermDiag | DermNet DermNet provides Google Translate, a free machine translation service. Note that this may not provide an exact translation in all languages

I teach Nursing Leadership in Global Health online and begin each course with this video from the United Nations in 2020. Its focus is on sustainable development goals and it has a powerful impact on students understanding. Take a look!

Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times | Presented by Thandie Newton Nations United is a special, first of its kind film, created by the United Nations on its 75th Anniversary and to mark five years since the adoption of the S...

I came across this wonderful editorial that reflects on some of the impact Nightingale had on infection control. Check it out!

www.ijidonline.com

For those of you in Pediatrics, this was just published.

New Obesity Guidance for Pediatrics: Medicalizing Obesity or Acquiescing to Our Obesogenic Culture? - Paul E. Terry, 2023 The publication of the American Academy of Pediatrics report on a “Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents with...

Top Oscar winners - Michelle Yeoh, Best Actress, age 60 and Jamie Lee Curtis, Best supporting actress, age 64!! In her acceptance speech, Michelle said "don't let anyone tell you that you're past your prime"! They are great examples of women showing what they can do not in spite of their age, but more likely because of it! Nursing can learn a lot from their example
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If you are just starting out in nursing or perhaps you are considering continuing up the career ladder, you will want to read my story! I started in a hospital kitchen and went all the way to a Ph.D. I loved my work, and I loved what I did and continue to do but hard work was not enough. I made many mistakes along the way and it’s my hope that others learn will from them. It’s also my hope that some issues in my career that prevented me from doing as well as my peers, are addressed by the profession. These include racism in academia, the impact of a midlife disability, having the moral courage to speak truth to power, and age discrimination. My story is available on Amazon https://lnkd.in/dtVQsUJi and if you have Kindle Unlimited, it’s free!

Hard Work is Not Enough: A Memoir That Challenges An American Myth We are programmed in America to believe that if you work hard, you will succeed. That’s sometimes true, but hard work too often leads to exhaustion, poor health, and limited success, resulting in an income that falls short of enjoying all that America offers. This American myth marginalize...

This is an important issue for nursing!

Social Isolation and Loneliness as Medical Issues | NEJM Perspective from The New England Journal of Medicine — Social Isolation and Loneliness as Medical Issues

Interesting and thoughtful article.

What Covid Has Taught the World about Ethics | NEJM Perspective from The New England Journal of Medicine — What Covid Has Taught the World about Ethics