Archive - The Healing Newsletter

What Nurses Do--And Why Talking About That Matters

Plus...hey, I'm back in the U.S. and it feels good to be home. Really.

Jun 26 •

May 2025

A Meditation on Helping Hands

My new column in Cancer Nursing Today

May 23 •

Do Republicans Want More Moms to Die?

Read my column in "The Contrarian"

May 5 •

April 2025

A Very Short Newsletter

Apr 26 •

Be kind to our Language

Also, this Saturday, April 5, Nationwide Day of Protest: Hands Off...Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, Federal Employees, all of it.

Apr 4 •

March 2025

A Defense of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion--for Nurses

New column in Cancer Nursing Today

Mar 20 •

Parents Who Refuse Vaccinations Sacrifice their Kids' Well-Being to an Ideal.

My last newsletter shared my most recent Cancer Nursing Today column on nurses being ambassadors for science when discussing the cost benefit analyses…

Mar 6 •

February 2025

Nurses understand that all treatments carry risk, even if RFK, Jr. does not.

New column in Cancer Nursing Today

Feb 21 •

January 2025

To heal from the pandemic, we have to acknowledge the trauma of Covid

New column in Cancer Nursing Today

Jan 31 •

My Time in Chile

And one thought on the beginning of Trump's second presidency.

Jan 24 •

December 2024

Brian Thompson’s Shooting and Why People Are So Angry

New column in Cancer Nursing Today

Dec 15, 2024 •

November 2024

Post-Election thoughts on caring and democracy

My new column in Cancer Nursing Today

Nov 25, 2024 •

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