I am honing my storytelling craft after thirty years as an emergency physician, mother, and observer of the human condition. I will be creating new entries and pulling in some of my published works. Thanks for coming along.
After Emergency Medicine…
#29 Back on the Road!
Tourism is back after a lengthy Covid lull. Join me on my first day of touring in Cairo, Giza, and Saqqara. The great wonders of the world await!
#28 Is this Really a Book for Nurses?
I wrote this book for nurses. They spend the most time at the bedside of some people that present with challenging behaviors. Nurses are getting tired, cynical, and defeated. The answer is not to quit. the answer is to change the way that they think about even the most difficult patients and themselves.
#27 Its not Just What You Say…
Its not Just What You Say. So the saying goes and its how you say it. Anthony Orsini reminds us its all in the delivery in his book of the same name. He is a neonatologist who has to have some of the most difficult conversations one can imagine. He’s learned a thing or two and he wants to teach the rest of us.
#26 Tales from Labor and Delivery
If you like true medical stories and memoirs, here is a good one told mainly from the Labor & Delivery department. The author shares tales from the days of her training and private OB-GYN practice with mad storytelling skills.