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I never expected to sit down at my desk on a Monday morning and find my inbox flooded with messages from strangers, asking me if I had seen what Dr. Sandra Lee (aka: celebrity dermatologist “Dr. Pimple Popper”) had said “about me” on Twitter.

What?

One person helpfully sent me a screenshot of the ...

You may have heard me (or someone else) say that “content writing” makes an excellent career for nurses. True fact.

But the first workshop I launched was not about content writing. It is called “Health Journalism Basics for Nurses.” That’s not content writing; it’s reporting. If content writing mak...

If you’re considering transitioning to a writing career from nursing, you might wonder what types of…things you might actually be asked to write. In the industry, we call the things we write “content assets” or “content deliverables” or “articles,” depending on if you’re working on the content marke...

In my forthcoming workshop on content marketing writing, I’m covering contracts in some detail because a bad contract can break you. Now, I want to emphasize I’m not a lawyer. I suggest you consult an actual attorney for any contract questions or issues that trouble you.

That said, I have read a fe...

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The most common comment I get from nurses who want to become writers is, “I don’t have a clue where to begin.”...

Very often when nurses first approach me about how to become a writer, they’re interested in writing to advance their personal “cause” or “issue.” For example, I’ve recently talked to a nurse who believed passionately in the value of case management and wanted to spread the word more widely, and I’v...

As a nurse, you probably can reprogram many healthcare devices in less time than it takes for an IV pump alarm to sound.

But setting up a website from scratch?

Yeah, that might feel daunting.

How much do you need to know about design and coding and programming and integrations…and on and on?

No ...

Sometime in the spring of 2011 or 2012 (I honestly don’t remember now), I arrived home after a shift at the plastic surgery practice I’d been with for a year or so. It wasn’t a particularly tiring nursing job, but it could be frustrating at times. And that spring Friday was one such day.

Part of my...

One question that has come up consistently in the Health Journalism Basics for Nurses workshop is: How do I cite my sources in an article?

It’s a very fair question, and I wish I’d addressed this better in the lessons. Since I didn’t, I’ll do it now in this blog post.

Reporting vs Academic Papers

When you’re trying to get started as a nurse writer, it can be hard to figure out exactly how you can make money at this writing thing. There are so many avenues to pursue. Which ones actually pay well, and which ones might lead to a dead-end?

I know I went through that when I was first starting ou...