Ig Nobel Award Winners

Now that the Nobel Prize news has exhausted itself, it’s time for the Ig Nobel Awards, given annually for research that makes you laugh, and then think. Hmmm . . .
Among this year’s awardees in health-related research:
MEDICINE PRIZE: Donald L. Unger, of Thousand Oaks, California, USA, for investigating a possible cause of arthritis of the [...]

Labor Day Salute

Today we honor our forebears in the labor movement (and the legislators and other leaders who supported them) for making possible:

The 40-hour work week.
Overtime.
Child labor laws.
Equal pay for equal work.
Occupational and workplace safety.
Disability insurance.
Community colleges and other workforce development providers.
Anti-discrimination laws.
The right to organize and bargain collectively.
The weekend.

You are welcome to add your own favorites [...]

Chronicle: Is the Peer-Review System Broken?

Daniel J. Myers, professor of sociology and associate dean for research, graduate studies, and centers in the College of Arts and Letters at the University of Notre Dame writing in the Chronicle of Higher Education, says that the peer-review system (both for journals and book publishers) is not working, overwhelming many faculty with excessive review [...]

6,000 and Counting!

NursingWriting has just surpassed its six-thousandth visit since its July 2008 inauguration, thanks to you.
We are grateful to the many journal editors who have submitted calls for submissions to us and to the many nurse writers (both scholarly research writers and creative personal writers) who have visited and commented.
Usage stats for the past quarter are [...]

Walt Whitman’s Birthday (May 31)

Yesterday, May 31, marked Walt Whitman’s birthday. Whitman served as a nurse in military hospitals in Washington, DC, during the Civil War. Here is an excerpt from his poem, “The Wound Dresser.”
On, on I go, (open doors of time! open hospital doors!)
The crush’d head I dress (poor crazed hand tear not the bandage away),
The neck [...]

Performance: Honoring Nursing with Dance and Stories

HONORING NURSING with Dance and Stories
Celebrate the work of nurses and the nursing profession during three evenings of dance and readings.
Verb Ballets, Cleveland’s National Repertory Dance Company, performs “Lift. Breathe. Carry.” – based on the works of Jeanne Bryner, R.N., B.A., C.E.N. – “Tenderly Lift Me – Nurses Honored, Celebrated, and Remembered” and other works.
Cortney [...]

Over 5000, and Counting!

Thanks to your interest, NursingWriting has enjoyed over 5,000 visits since its inauguration in July 2008. We are grateful also to the editors and others who send us calls for submissions regularly, which we archive here.
Publishing nurses’ writing is important for several reasons. Academic nurse scholars need to publish for the purposes of promotion and [...]

Western Schools Home Study Courses

Western Schools is a publisher and nationally recognized accredited provider of peer-reviewed continuing nursing education home study courses. They are currently seeking authors and content editors for publication of articles and books on an array of nursing topics.
They have writing opportunities in the following nursing topics. Additional topics not listed may also be considered. 
ADHD;  Adolescent [...]