Posted by: NurseKeith in nurse blogs, blogs on
Jul 16, 2008
Does anyone out there want to start a blog? I've been blogging since 2005, and while it is mostly a personal journey of discovery, blogging about nursing and healthcare has led to many new friendships and professional opportunities that I could never have imagined.
My personal blog, Digital Doorway , runs on a simple, easy-to-use platform called Blogger, which is owned and operated by Google. However, the easiest place to begin and get your blogging feet wet is here on Nurse LinkUp.
We here at Nurse LinkUp want this venue to be the place where nurses can share their stories, get support, ask and answer questions, and create a community where we know we're understood. Compassion is born of compassion, and this is a place where our stories are welcome and we can rest assured that other nurses will understand what we go through day in and day out.
If you'd like to start a blog on Nurse LinkUp and want some advice, please email me internally right here on NLU. Otherwise, simply click on "My LinkUp", then select "My Blog", and then "Write New Entry", and voila!
Blogging can be a rewarding experience, and blogging here on Nurse LinkUp---where a ready-made and understanding audience is waiting for your stories---makes it even easier to begin. So, please consider the invitation!
I would like to announce that I was thoroughly shocked and humbled this week after learning that I was selected as the national winner of the
Value Care, Value Nurses Blogger Scholarship. I applied along with many of my nurse blogger friends and colleagues, and never suspected that this honor would be bestowed upon me at this juncture in my blogging career.
Under the auspices of the
Service Employees International Union (SEIU),
Value Care, Value Nurses is a national campaign to raise awareness by promoting nurses and nurse-based solutions to the current healthcare crisis in the United States. I will be posting several times per month on my blog---
Digital Doorway ---about salient issues related to nursing, healthcare, healthcare reform, and the presidential election, and will actively seek out other bloggers writing about similar topics.
I will, of course, continue my usual postings on Digital Doorway about spirituality, Buddhism, and my own personal journey as a nurse and a patient with chronic illness, not to mention my regular postings here on Nurse LinkUp.
So, my gratitude to the SEIU and the team at
Value Care, Value Nurses. I only hope that I can fulfill the expectations that are part and parcel of this stimulating process, and I hope that you, dear Readers, will follow my progress into these challenging and exciting sociopolitical waters.
Posted by: NurseKeith in Untagged on
Jul 13, 2008
I recently underwent the second in a series of sleep studies in pursuit of treatment for relatively severe obstructive sleep apnea. Please
click here to read my tale of woe , posted very recently on my personal blog, Digital Doorway.
Posted by: Administrator in Untagged on
Jul 08, 2008
Blogs are all the rage these days in every corner of cyberspace, and our vision is for the members of Nurse LinkUp to start their own blogs and share their experiences right here! Blogs are a wonderful way to blow off steam, share personal stories, explore the meaning of nursing, and grow professionally and personally.
Please consider starting a blog here on Nurse Linkup. It's truly easy, and you can say whatever you like (within reason, of course!). Remember---you can blog about anything: your dog, your kids, your car, your patients, your boss, or what you made for dinner.
Sharing among nurses is an important way to build community and learn from one another, and blogging is a quick and easy way to let people know who you are, what you do, and what your life is all about. It's all grist for the nurse's mill, and we want to hear your stories.
Posted by: Administrator in Untagged on
Jul 08, 2008
Hello Nurse Linkupians!
We at Nurse LinkUp encourage all of you to check out the forums here on the site. Just go to the top of the home page and click "community". This will bring you directly to the forums. Our vision is for the forums to be a place for lively discussion, debate, and mutual support.
Speaking of the forums, if there's a forum heading or subject that you would like to see, please enter that suggestion in the"feedback" section at the bottom of the forums page.
We monitor the forums regularly and will watch for your suggestions. This site is for you, and we want you to tell us what you want! Thanks, and please keep coming back to Nurse LinkUp!
