Posted by: NurseKeith in doctor bloggers, blogs on
Jul 28, 2008
A blog post over at The Happy Hospitalist ---a popular medical blog by an anonymous doctor---has spawned a somewhat heated and contentious debate by individuals commenting on the post.
What I gather most from the post was that said doctor blogger was trying to convey his appreciation of the magnitude and complexity of nurses' work while also lamenting the ballooning costs of healthcare in the United States. Unfortunately, some readers seem to have taken offense to his descriptions of "needy patients", and his mention that obese patients require many hands on deck for transfers was taken as offensive and inappropriate.
Perhaps I'm naive, but I still can't find anything particularly offensive about the post. Rather, it seems realistic and, in the end, generally compassionate.
If you can, please pay a visit, read the post (and also the comments below) and see what you think.
Posted by: NurseKeith in blogs on
Jul 23, 2008
Many thanks for Kim over at
Emergiblog for the following post:
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Congratulations are in order for nurse blogger colleague Keith of Digital Doorway! Keith has won the ValueCare, ValueNurses Nurse Blogger Scholarship! I’ll let Keith describe what he’ll be doing with his new award: Basically, I was chosen as the one nurse blogger in the United States who will receive a generous stipend to blog several times each month on issues salient to healthcare reform and the current crisis in healthcare as we prepare for the presidential election. It is a very big task and I’m still preparing mentally for the challenge. I would appreciate any guidance or advice, as well as links to articles or websites that might be fodder for my writing process.
"I’ve been a fan of Keith and his writing for a long time, and if anyone can make sense of our health care issues as we go into this election, he’s da man! And trust me, there is lots of fodder out here , so be sure to send Keith any information you think he can use!
"As if this weren’t enough, Keith is working with a new nursing community entitled “NurseLinkUp”. I just checked it out, head on over and say hi!"
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.
The latest edition of Change of Shift , nursing blog carnival extraordinaire, is now up at "20 Out of 10 ", a nursing blog which is a new discovery for this nurse blogger.
Please pay a visit if you can!
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