Personal observations
Creating a Legal Nurse Consulting Business – Interview with Pat Iyer Part 2
Ryan James of the Startup Savant asked me these questions about my process of creating a legal nurse consulting business. Read part 1 here, and check out these additional insights. 1. What do you consider the biggest milestone that you have hit with your business? What was the biggest thing you did to get there?…
Read MoreThe Making of a Legal Nurse Consultant – interview with Pat Iyer Part 1
These answers describe the making of a legal nurse consultant. 1. What motivated you to start a business as a legal nurse consultant? How did the idea come about? In 1987 when I was investigating ideas about how I could use my nursing expertise to become self-employed, I attended a one day program about career…
Read MoreLast minute holiday gifts
Looking for last-minute holiday gifts? Curation is a buzz word now. Curated blog posts gather the best of the best information for you in one place. Curated online sites do the same. Stuck on last-minute holiday gifts? Here are some alternatives for hunting for the right gift. Foodies – go to mouth.com for handmade, small…
Read MoreMedical Scribes
Recently I reviewed an emergency department record which included the name of the scribe. Then I read an article in the Dome, a publication of Johns Hopkins, about the benefits of using medical scribes in the Emergency Department. The medical record I reviewed was handwritten by a medical scribe. Johns Hopkins’ scribes enter data into…
Read MoreWhat I learned from being homeless for two weeks
We became homeless on April 15, 2013. That day bombs exploded during the Boston Marathon. We won’t soon forget the images and stories of people affected – people who lost their limbs or lives. My husband and I were coming home from the airport on April 15. We were eating a late lunch in a…
Read MoreThe Girl Who Ate Library Books
When I was nine or ten years old I developed a taste for public library books. I grew up in a nice quiet suburban town, a bedroom community in Bergen County, in North Jersey. My sister and I loved to read. We’d take out 4 or 6 books from the library every two weeks. We…
Read MoreBecoming Perfect? Ask Joe
Is becoming perfect possible? “Joe” (name changed) had on the surface everything going for him. He was a graduate of an Ivy League college and ran a successful business. He was personable and friendly and made others feel important and respected. But Joe had a piece missing from his personality: a conscience. He was a…
Read MoreTrust and the Christmas Gift
I received the most beautiful bathrobe I had ever seen when I was ten years old. My Christmas gift was made of chenille. Chenille is a material that consists of soft little tufts of fabric that are punched into a backing that makes up the garment. Primarily pink, my bathrobe had edging of blue on…
Read MoreHow Do You Respond to Beggars?
How do you respond to beggars? I had to answer this question on a dark Las Vegas street. I was searching for a drug store. The lady at the convenience store assured me the CVS was only two blocks away. I set off at dusk, thinking the CVS was close. It turned out to be…
Read MoreTrouble in First Class – Airline Rage
Have you ever seen airline rage? What I noticed about him first was that he was busily rearranged the items in the overhead compartment. He spent so much time doing it that I thought he was a flight attendant until I looked at what he was wearing – a white long sleeve shirt with cuff…
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