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Screw You, Pink Ribbon (Why You Should Stop Buying Pink In October)

October 24, 2016 By Christine 20 Comments

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Update: When I wrote this post in 2016, I knew my dear friend Beth Caldwell was dying. I knew she was running out of time because her metastatic breast cancer wasn’t being researched enough. On November 2, 2017, her gorgeous soul left this world. But, her light continues to shine because she left us armed […]

Filed Under: People Who Suck, The Keeper Is A Nurse Tagged With: breast cancer, pink ribbon, research

Gin and Tonic With A Twist of LYME Disease

July 31, 2015 By Christine 3 Comments

When school got out for the summer, I had visions of beaches, long summer nights around the fire pit with friends and road trips.  I was eager for the slower paced days and catching up on all the books collecting dust on my night stand.  No lunches to pack, no homework to check, no screaming […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough, Parenting My Way, The Keeper Is A Nurse Tagged With: it will be okay, Lyme Disease

This Is Nursing: Why I Chose To Become a Registered Nurse

May 6, 2015 By Christine 32 Comments

This is why I chose nursing.

In September 1995, I sat on my parents’ bed and cried.  Hard. I begged them to let me come home from college, to let me quit my nursing courses.   I cried because the schedule was rigorous, the professors demanded excellence that I feared I didn’t have and because I had to take Physics.  Physics, […]

Filed Under: The Keeper Is A Nurse Tagged With: nurses' week, nursing, RN

Nurses Are Always In the Right Places At The Wrong Times

August 7, 2013 By Christine 2 Comments

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  Over the weekend, I participated in my third triathlon. For months, I’ve been swimming, biking and running all over my town in preparation for the big day. Read: trying not to drown, nearly getting run off roads, and blistering my feet something fierce all for the privilege of paying to spend 2 hours physically […]

Filed Under: The Keeper Is A Nurse Tagged With: angel of death, nurses

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