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From Knitted Anatomy to Housework and Waistlines: A Nursetopia Reading and Education Mashup [Part III]

Here’s a smidgen of what’s been crossing my reader and dangling in my mind lately. The Power of Nursing Ethics from Advance for Nurses The Usefulness of Useless Things from Innovation Excellence How flipping elements of a flipped idea results in new... Read More

From Printed Ears for Transplant to Failing ACOs: A Nursetopia Reading and Education Mashup [Part II]

I’m always doing a lot of formal research reading, but here’s a sample of my more informal reading this week. 14 Things You Should Do on Your Lunch Break Every Day by Forbes Your Innovation Problem is Really a Leadership Problem by InnoBlog... Read More

From Giant Earthworms to the Blood-Brain Barrier: Nursetopia’s Reading and Education Mashup [Part I]

In reigniting my energies surrounding the Nursing Ideas Challenge (my first article of 2013 will publish tomorrow…Rob Fraser has already published his first), I decided to also share what I’m reading and learning about that’s not particularly “nursing research,” but... Read More

R.I.P. NCI Cancer Bulletin

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) emailed a reminder to NCI Cancer Bulletin readers stating the longtime electronic periodical is ceasing publication due to budget changes. All previous Bulletins will remain archived for reference. The NCI Cancer Bulletin has been a... Read More

It’s Not the End of the World

Enjoy the day, Folks! And, if your day doesn’t turn out like you’d hoped, well…it’s not the end of the world.... Read More

Bossypants [Audio Book Review]

That’s right…I am following the day after the U.S. Presidential election with a review of Tina Fey’s Bossypants. (I’m sure Tina Fey could insert a hysterically appropriate love-of-country joke here. I drafted a few of my own renditions, but, alas, I realized... Read More

Super Freakonomics [Audio Book Review]

Super Freakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance is the second book by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. One of the authors narrates the audio book, and the book shares this common theme among... Read More

The Reciprocality of Encouragement

The great thing about encouragement is that when you give it away, it typically comes right back around to you when you need it. Perhaps it is the law of reaping what you’ve sown. Others may call it karma. Whatever... Read More

Extraordinary, Ordinary People [Audio Book Review]

Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family by Condoleezza Rice is a remarkable book. Rice reads the audio book over seven discs and nearly nine hours. It is a book detailing Rice’s parents and growth from childhood to her first encounter with... Read More

She Walks in Beauty [Audio Book Review]

She Walks in Beauty: A Woman’s Journey Through Poems is a collection of poems, both modern and classic, curated by Caroline Kennedy. The poems focus on broad themes of womanhood. Some of the poems I knew, and it was nice to... Read More