Author: joanneauger
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The Art & Science of Nursing… February 2024
Nursing is a work of heart… it is science & art. biology & so many caring stories of grit and grace. I’ve been thinking deeply about our nursing narratives. Writing and releasing my book, A Nightingale’s Song…Nursing Notes to Gentle the Journey Through Serious Illness, created such a reflective, meaning-filled, healing chapter in my life…
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Rising Up to Meet the Ethical Challenges in Nursing Practice Today
“Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” -Theodore Roosevelt As a pediatric palliative care nurse, I work hard at work worth doing, caring for little ones fighting big battles and those who love them. There is a bioethical compass integral to the practice…
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We can’t always cure, but we can always care.
“Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” -Theodore Roosevelt As a pediatric palliative care nurse, I work hard at work worth doing, caring for little ones fighting big battles and those who love them. There is a bioethical compass integral to the practice…
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Honoring the Nightingales… May 2023
“Let us never consider ourselves to be finished nurses, we must be learning all our lives.” –Florence Nightingale May is the month we celebrate nursing. We honor the birth of Florence Nightingale, the most noted nurse-healer, on May 12th. This blog site and my book both hold her name as a tribute to the nursing profession,…
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A Nightingale’s Song… Nursing Notes to Gentle the Journey Through Serious Illness, now available on Amazon in paperback!
My work of heart, part memoir, part lived/worked palliative care nursing experience, part reflection has made its way into print! This book is a gentle harvest of the joys and sorrows woven into the journey through beloved lifetimes. Written for those who care for the very sick, my hope is that it can help shed…
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A Nightingale’s Song… Nursing Notes to Gentle the Journey Through Serious Illness, just released on Amazon Kindle!
“To the heroes small and tall, who teach us that no matter how short or how long, the arc of each life is precious and perfect.” – Jo Auger Introducing my new book… It is my lived/worked pediatric palliative care nursing experience, the result of many years of caring for beautiful families hoping and coping…
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Welcome to Nightingale Notes!
A bit about me… I am a pediatric palliative care nurse, a gentler of the journey through serious illness. I care for the sickest and most vulnerable, and those who love them. It is my great privilege. Sometimes I am called upon to be a last responder, companioning brave beautiful souls to the edges of…
Nightingale Notes 