Nurses as Pilgrims
The travel writer Rick Steves describes three types of travelers: tourists, traveler, and pilgrims. I’d like to propose that those same terms can be…
Can You Imagine?
Why I choose to be grateful
Around Thanksgiving, I bring blank thank-you cards to class and distribute them to my students. I ask them to take 5 minutes to handwrite…
Seeing Nurse Unseen and why we tell nursing stories
October marks Filipino American History Month. This month, the documentary Nurse Unseen is being screened in major U.S. cities, highlighting Filipino nurses’ ongoing contributions.…
Read alert: The decline of reading
A student just 2 weeks from graduation once asked me, “Where is the gallbladder?” With candid unconcern, the student admitted that she had never…
Emotional intelligence: A neglected nursing competency
I love my job as nurse faculty, but if I were asked about the most challenging aspect of my role, I would point to…
Vogue words in healthcare: Speaking outside the “silo”
Although using vogue words, modish terms that are popular for a time, isn’t unique to healthcare, it seems to be a prime place to…
Examining Public Perception of Nurses
The public places their trust in nurses because they expect them to act truthfully, transparently, and with integrity. Imagine you’re a patient and your…
A nurse’s nudge for a better year, more or less
While visiting a friend of mine in Austria over New Year’s, I noticed a poster-sized handwritten note in German on their refrigerator door; one…
On Health and the Holidays
I first learned about Christmas disease while preparing for a presentation on lab values many years ago. At first glance, I thought it was…
How being grateful is good for healthcare
About a year ago, one of my graduating students gave me a fan with this Korean text 선생님 사랑해요, which translates to “I love…
Placebo, nocebo, and nursing care
The term “placebo” entered the English medical lexicon from the Latin word “placeo,” which means “I please” or “I shall please.” Its current usage,…
Being Sharp in Health Literacy
In 2008, I was working as a per diem staff nurse in a medical-surgical unit at what was then called New York Downtown Hospital.…
Nurses as Pilgrims
The travel writer Rick Steves describes three types of travelers: tourists, traveler, and pilgrims. I’d like to propose that those same terms…
Why I choose to be grateful
Around Thanksgiving, I bring blank thank-you cards to class and distribute them to my students. I ask them to take 5 minutes…
Seeing Nurse Unseen and why we tell nursing stories
October marks Filipino American History Month. This month, the documentary Nurse Unseen is being screened in major U.S. cities, highlighting Filipino nurses’…
Read alert: The decline of reading
A student just 2 weeks from graduation once asked me, “Where is the gallbladder?” With candid unconcern, the student admitted that she…
Emotional intelligence: A neglected nursing competency
I love my job as nurse faculty, but if I were asked about the most challenging aspect of my role, I would…
Vogue words in healthcare: Speaking outside the “silo”
Although using vogue words, modish terms that are popular for a time, isn’t unique to healthcare, it seems to be a prime…
Examining Public Perception of Nurses
The public places their trust in nurses because they expect them to act truthfully, transparently, and with integrity. Imagine you’re a patient…
A nurse’s nudge for a better year, more or less
While visiting a friend of mine in Austria over New Year’s, I noticed a poster-sized handwritten note in German on their refrigerator…
On Health and the Holidays
I first learned about Christmas disease while preparing for a presentation on lab values many years ago. At first glance, I thought…
How being grateful is good for healthcare
About a year ago, one of my graduating students gave me a fan with this Korean text 선생님 사랑해요, which translates to…
Placebo, nocebo, and nursing care
The term “placebo” entered the English medical lexicon from the Latin word “placeo,” which means “I please” or “I shall please.” Its…
Being Sharp in Health Literacy
In 2008, I was working as a per diem staff nurse in a medical-surgical unit at what was then called New York…
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