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Tony Deifell refocuses vision and perspective in this brief TedxSF video, discussing teaching photography to the blind. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYZuu939pb8&feature=youtube_gdata_player What will you see this week?... Read More

My writing syntax changed forever during my freshman year of high school. My teacher taught numerous lessons remaining with me today as I write for personal and professional reasons. The largest of these lessons regards “that.” Yes, the word –... Read More

The Article: Epstein, A.M., Jha, A.K., & Orav, E.J.  (2011). The relationship between hospital admission rates and rehospitalizations. New England Journal of Medicine, 365(24): 2287-2295. The Big Idea: Preventing rehospitalizations is a big deal right now, especially as hospitals move... Read More

Yesterday was one of those days in nursing that will stick with me forever. Our patient holiday party was winding down. We’d all had our fill of good food and great music. After all, Austin is the Live Music Capital... Read More

Give. Freely. Give experiences freely. Give knowledge freely. Give money freely. Give smiles freely. Give hugs freely. Give time freely. Give love freely. It is not as tiring as it sounds; it is, however, far too rewarding to explain. Give... Read More

Evidence is king in health care. It hasn’t always been that way, but there’s no turning back now. Nurses must be comfortable searching, interpreting, and writing about research, which is why baccalaureate nursing programs focus so heavily on research, theorists,... Read More

A new study by Auerbach, Buerhaus, and Staiger (2011) reveals the cohort of nurses ages 23 to 26 entering the profession grew by 62% between 2002 to 2009, which was larger than the growth originally anticipated. A large proportion of... Read More

The Article: Mulder, B.J., Tzeng, H., & Vecchioni, N.D. (2012). Preventing avoidable rehospitalizations by understanding the characteristics of “frequent fliers”. Journal of Nursing Quality Care, 27(1): 77-82. Big Idea: The researchers reviewed the charts of 22 Michigan patients labeled as... Read More

Brain Pickings is one of my favorite curated blogs. I can always count on it for inspiration. (Thank you, Brain Pickings!) One book I’ve added to my “must read” list as a result of Brain Pickings is Science Ink. It... Read More

Seventy years later, we remember Pearl Harbor. Nurses played a large role that day. Thank you to those who served that day and continue to serve our Country at home and abroad. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWAPiW-4ysE... Read More