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Memorial Day: Nurses on the Battlefield
I originally wrote this essay as a Veteran’s Day tribute, but its respectful retrospection aligns with Memorial Day.
May 26 • 
Jean James
A Thanksgiving Memory
A long time ago, on a Thanksgiving day in New York City, I witnessed a truly selfless act that moved me so much that I feel compelled to write about it…
Nov 28, 2024 • 
Jean James
A Thanksgiving Memory
A long time ago, on a Thanksgiving day in New York City, I witnessed a truly selfless act that moved me so much that I feel compelled to write about it…
Nov 23, 2023 • 
Jean James
Veterans Day - A Tribute
When I picture the image of a wounded soldier lying bleeding on a battlefield somewhere, I know close by a nurse is waiting in nervous anticipation to…
Nov 10, 2023 • 
Jean James
XX or Should I say the Absence of Y
When I was a new nurse I was taught that when patient’s are having hallucinations that we should never indulge or confirm what they believe they think…
May 1, 2023 • 
Jean James
Happy Easter
Today is Easter Sunday; the juxtaposition between the celebration of Jesus’ rising from the dead with the frivolity of childish delights found i…
Apr 9, 2023 • 
Jean James
Murmuration of Idiots
Every once in awhile I come across a new word or phrase that I’m both unfamiliar with and intrigued by simultaneously.
Mar 2, 2023 • 
Jean James
Waking Up is Hard To Do...
Part 4: How I woke up from my COVID coma
Nov 6, 2022 • 
Jean James
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