Sips, Snacks, and Healthy Hacks-A Nurse’s Blog
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Tell us about your favorite pair of shoes, and where they’ve taken you. My Brooks are my favorite shoes. Ever since I got into healthcare, and was working as a tech in the hospital pharmacy, running around all day, hunting down prescriptions for nurses (before I would become that nurse), I have been hooked on…
Favorite Kicks
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Share one of the best gifts you’ve ever received. My children. 🙂
One of the Best Gifts…
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The best approach to budgeting that I’ve found is to automate as much as possible. By having savings come out automatically, before I even see any money, I’m able to reach savings goals. Recently, I’ve been making extra payments on what little debt I have, so I can completely eradicate it and really focus on…
Budgeting 101-Automate
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Are you patriotic? What does being patriotic mean to you? This is a good question to think about right now, this President’s Day… I think of myself as patriotic. Being patriotic means that I love my country and what it stands for. It means that I might not always agree with those in charge, but…
Patriot
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Do you ever wonder how surgical outcomes in rural areas compare to surgical outcomes in Metro areas? A recent study in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS) examined thousands of colon cancer and lung cancer patients who had undergone elective surgery. The mortality and complication rates were similar, whether the patient had…
Surgery for Cancer Patients in Rural Vs. Metro Areas-Comparable!
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If there were a biography about you, what would the title be? Well, That Didn’t Work… But That Did! I have made my share of mistakes in life. But there are things that have worked. And the mistakes I’ve made are all part of what has made me who I am today. So in a…
Well, That Didn’t Work…
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What were your parents doing at your age? When my parents were in their early 50s, they were doing pretty much the same things I’m doing- working, being active in their activities that they’d put on hold while raising kids, getting involved with hobbies. But something that they were doing that I am not is…
At My Age
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Let’s talk about sleep hygiene. This is important whether you’re a night owl or an early bird or somewhere in between. Sleep hygiene often describes those behaviors surrounding a good night’s (or day’s) rest. It has to do with our sleep environment and our behaviors- the things we can control. Considering that a little over…
Night Owls Vs. Early Birds (Part III-Sleep Hygiene)
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If you had the power to change one law, what would it be and why? I used to play a lot of Minecraft. My kids got me into it, and we’ve spent countless hours on there, literally hundreds, even through COVID, when we’d hop on our server and play and chat over Discord. There were…
Gravity
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Write about your dream home. It would have lots of sunlight… Trees all around… Like black walnut, and weeping willow… A lilac bush and a garden… But the best part of it would be the people that would be there. That’s what makes my dream house a home. 🙂 What would be in your dream…
Dream Home
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