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  1. Next Career, No Body Fluids

    1/15/12 6:15pm by jparadisirn
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    "Next career, no body fluids."That's what I tell myself.  Read more >

  2. This Ghoul Will Be Your Nurse Tonight: Should Nurses Wear Costumes to Work?

    10/30/11 5:15pm by jparadisirn
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    This IS My Costume. photo: jparadisi 2011I dodged a bullet this week. My coworkers are wearing costumes to work on Halloween.  Read more >

  3. The Meaning of Success Is in The Squiggles

    10/23/11 5:50pm by jparadisirn
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    What Success Looks Like, After via, via, via, via ...Facebook 2011 by jparadisiRecently one of my friends on Facebook   Read more >

  4. I Wish I'd Said It

    10/5/11 8:29pm by jparadisirn
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    “.. almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.” – Steve Jobs  Read more >

  5. I Am Living As Free As My Hair

    10/3/11 7:11am by jparadisirn
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    Someone asked if I color my hair. I said, "No I don't, I pay someone else to do it."  Read more >

  6. Love You to Death Handpainted Clogs by The Swanx!

    9/27/11 12:10pm by jparadisirn
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    One of a kind Love You to Death handpainted clogs.  Read more >

  7. Blue Eye Shadow, Nurse Jackie, and Patients Care

    9/26/11 7:15am by jparadisirn
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    The evidence I am overly tired from a long stretch of shifts appears when I swipe a brush  Read more >

  8. Race For The Cure

    9/18/11 9:49am by jparadisirn
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    Race for the Cure 2011 Portland, Oregon photo: jparadisiI'm watching runners, women and men, young and old, Running (some are walking) for The Cure this morni  Read more >

  9. Keeping Toddlers Safe In The Adult Only Home

    9/12/11 6:25am by jparadisirn
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    Scarletti Confetti (image credit: pencil and markers onpaper 2011 by J.Paradisi)  Read more >

  10. Obituary For a Cat

    9/8/11 9:04am by jparadisirn
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    Lucas (photo credit: J Paradisi)Lucas was my husband's cat, a grey American Tabby. I say "my husband's cat" because the little sh*# never accepted me into their relationship.  Eight years after I moved in with David, we managed a fragile truce once Lucas realized he was dependent on me to feed him if David wasn't home.  Read more >

Julianna Paradisi

Full Name
Julianna Paradisi
Member Since
August 2011
About Me: 

I am an artist and writer, a Registered Nurse, and breast cancer survivor. I create images from personal artifacts and everyday occurrences, and author the blog J Paradisi RN: Where Science, Humanity and Art Converge.

My series of paintings From Cradle to Grave: The Color White is featured in the Fall 2011 issue of Scrubs Magazine. This series explores the meaning of the color white for women of Western culture. Online, my newest series, Vessels of Containment Part I is posted on the Scrubs Magazine wesite and can be found at this link: http://scrubsmag.com/art/.

 

I have guest posted for Off the Charts, the blog of the American Journal of Nursing. My essay, The Wisdom of Nursery Rhymes was published in the February 2011 Reflections column of AJN.

Two short stories of mine, Icarus Again and Voyagers were published in the anthology New Lives: Nurses' Stories about Caring for Babies, Kathleen Huggins, RN,MS, editor. Kaplan Publishing, New York, publisher. May 2009.

 

Disclaimer/Please Note:

 No information posted on this site should be interpreted as medical advice. If you have questions regarding personal health issues, please consult your licensed medical practitioner. If this is an emergency, call 911.
Names and identifying details of all patients mentioned have been changed to protect their privacy.

 

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