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 nurse blogs, blogs on
Jun 15, 2008
Disappearing John is the blog of a male nurse deep in the heart of Arizona. John tells some personal tales of undergoing gastric bypass surgery in 2004, losing more than 200 pounds, and working as an ER nurse in a busy hospital.
John's blog is always interesting, often entertaining, and a very nice mix of the professional and the personal. I highly recommend stopping by from time to time, and note that his blog is also listed in Nurse LinkUp "Links" section.
Stop by his blog, leave a comment, and tell him Keith at Nurse LinkUp sent you!
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NurseKeith is a blogger, consultant, nurse and writer, who maintains a blog called Digital Doorway .
