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“All Gave Some, Some Gave All” Days 146-147
This Memorial Day weekend we have an opportunity to not only gather for family outings, barbeques, and fun times but to pause to remember and share in gratitude for all those who have served our country. Each year in my… Continue reading
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Why You Might Like the New Foundation YouTube Channel!
EC Foundation is excited to offer numerous classic documentaries and clips for free on the brand new Erie Chapman Foundation YouTube channel. Continue reading
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“Thursday’s Baby” – How A Tiny Infant Saved A Giant Hospital
How did the wildly popular “Thursday’s Baby” t.v. spot begin in Nashville? Continue reading
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Punched in the Face – Days 141-145
Strategic plans only succeed through cultures of peak competence and deep compassion. The same holds for individual caregivers. Continue reading
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The Gift of Accompaniment Days 138-139
During the month of May, we have an opportunity to highlight the vocation of nursing. As I began reflecting back on my nursing journey and where it has led me, I penned these thoughts in the wee hours of the… Continue reading
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The Mother Test™ on Mother’s Day WEEK – Days 132-137
A patient hurls insults and the bed pan at you. Live love here and you do what God asks: loved an enemy. Continue reading
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Day 131 A Day of Remembering
Recently when I went shopping to to pick out a birthday card for a friend, I could help but notice the huge display of Mother’s Day cards. I felt a sudden pang of sadness that I no longer have the… Continue reading
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How Temptation Can Steal Our Identity – Days 126-130
Hospitals, careers, bosses, any one of these can swallow up our identity by using a particular tool: temptation. The ancient Sirens used a particularly seductive weapon. Continue reading
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The Art of Nursing Days: 124-125
I just love this photo of Florence Nightingale holding the lamp, making her way through the dimly lit corridors of less-than-ideal conditions to care for “the least of these.” She was called to enter into the suffering of others,… Continue reading
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“When the world is mud-luscious…” Days 119-123
Spring can thunderstorm rainbows as well as bloom flowers. For me, every spring evokes a single poem by e.e. cummings. Continue reading
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