Archive - NY Nurse

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 •

November 2024

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 •

November 2023

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 •

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 •

May 2023

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 •

April 2023

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 •

March 2023

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 •

November 2022

Waking Up is Hard To Do...

Part 4: How I woke up from my COVID coma

Nov 6, 2022 •

October 2022

Waking Up is Hard to Do...

Part 3: How I woke up from my COVID coma

Oct 24, 2022 •

Waking Up is Hard to Do...

Part 2: How I woke up from my COVID coma

Oct 13, 2022 •

Waking Up is Hard to Do...

Part 1: How I woke up from my COVID coma.

Oct 3, 2022 •

September 2022

Never Forget 9/11

Sep 11, 2022 •

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