Meredith Kendall's Blog, page 119
October 14, 2011
sell 1 million eBooks in 5 months
with this book by John Locke. Click here: sell a million books. Thanks for the tip, Mark LaFlamme.
Only $2.99 on Kindle. Worth a try, right? Note to self: buy a Kindle.
Only $2.99 on Kindle. Worth a try, right? Note to self: buy a Kindle.
book...
How do you sell a book these days?
Load up the trunk and drive around to bookstores, start a blog, or send copies to your family- begging them to buy 2 more? Do something outstanding, become famous, and hire a ghostwriter? Hire fiverrs to put up posters and make trailers?
Mostly what I want to know is how to sell a book while working as a teacher 50 hours a week, maintaining a home, volunteering, doing the downward dog, and walking the dog.
Load up the trunk and drive around to bookstores, start a blog, or send copies to your family- begging them to buy 2 more? Do something outstanding, become famous, and hire a ghostwriter? Hire fiverrs to put up posters and make trailers?
Mostly what I want to know is how to sell a book while working as a teacher 50 hours a week, maintaining a home, volunteering, doing the downward dog, and walking the dog.
October 8, 2011
Reiki
Had such interesting conversations about Reiki today. Mostly about ego. About keeping one's ego out of the way, so the Reiki recipient can find his or her own way. Open to intuition. See the path.
I did a lot of listening today. And a lot of observing. Lots of traffic control, zipping around in a golf cart, and hugs. Blissfully shared Reiki with amazing practitioners and favorite clients.
I was in a tent all day with Reiki practitioners, massage therapists, athletes, and cancer survivors. It was a marvelous day- hot and sunny, breezy. Live music. Raspberry scones. Hope and courage. I saw bald heads, roses, and hand-carved walking sticks. There were lots of hugs. Some tears. Big smiles. What could be better than that?
I did a lot of listening today. And a lot of observing. Lots of traffic control, zipping around in a golf cart, and hugs. Blissfully shared Reiki with amazing practitioners and favorite clients.
I was in a tent all day with Reiki practitioners, massage therapists, athletes, and cancer survivors. It was a marvelous day- hot and sunny, breezy. Live music. Raspberry scones. Hope and courage. I saw bald heads, roses, and hand-carved walking sticks. There were lots of hugs. Some tears. Big smiles. What could be better than that?
October 7, 2011
Simard-Payne Park, Lewiston
This park is on an island in downtown Lewiston, Maine. There are a lot of abandoned buildings in Lewiston. There are canals, waterfalls, and the Androscoggin River. 
October 5, 2011
October 3, 2011
kindle nook eBook
I know, I know. I should buy a Kindle, Nook, or some such eBook reader. I know!
Like them in theory. A library on one device. No more piles of books in every room of my house.
After all, I successfully switched in music. LPs to cassettes to CDs to digital downloads and streams.
Yeah, I really like live music best.
And books. I like to curl up in a soft chair. I like to read in the tub and at the beach.
My nose is stuck to a computer screen all day at work. If a book is an escape, then I want to escape from screen to paper and ink. I want to go back in time. I want to feel the smooth paper, turn pages, and stick in a favorite bookmark.
So Nook? Nope. Kindle? I resist. As for you? Do as you like. For me? For now I'll continue to buy and share the archaic papyrus, I mean paper. Hey- did you know? You can read the Dead Sea Scrolls online!
Like them in theory. A library on one device. No more piles of books in every room of my house.
After all, I successfully switched in music. LPs to cassettes to CDs to digital downloads and streams.
Yeah, I really like live music best.
And books. I like to curl up in a soft chair. I like to read in the tub and at the beach.
My nose is stuck to a computer screen all day at work. If a book is an escape, then I want to escape from screen to paper and ink. I want to go back in time. I want to feel the smooth paper, turn pages, and stick in a favorite bookmark.
So Nook? Nope. Kindle? I resist. As for you? Do as you like. For me? For now I'll continue to buy and share the archaic papyrus, I mean paper. Hey- did you know? You can read the Dead Sea Scrolls online!
procedures
Nursing school. Procedures, right? Placing Foley catheters and IVs, running codes, dropping an NG tube.
No. Why not?
Because procedures change. Equipment changes. Teach you today and the procedure will be outdated before you graduate. And anyone can learn and do a procedure.
So what then? Thinking. In nursing school we teach you to think. Why are you doing the procedure? What's the anatomy? How does the patient feel about the procedure and what does he or she believe about illness and health? What's the best way to perform the procedure, based on research? Thinking. Critical thinking. That's what we teach in school these days.
And holistic nursing. Look at the whole person, the family, and the community.
Communication. How will you speak to the patient, the family, and the health care team?
Politics. Where does the money come from, what can you do as a nurse, and what are the imminent reforms? How does one effect change? Thinking. That's what we teach. That's what nurses do. Welcome to health care 2011.
No. Why not?
Because procedures change. Equipment changes. Teach you today and the procedure will be outdated before you graduate. And anyone can learn and do a procedure.
So what then? Thinking. In nursing school we teach you to think. Why are you doing the procedure? What's the anatomy? How does the patient feel about the procedure and what does he or she believe about illness and health? What's the best way to perform the procedure, based on research? Thinking. Critical thinking. That's what we teach in school these days.
And holistic nursing. Look at the whole person, the family, and the community.
Communication. How will you speak to the patient, the family, and the health care team?
Politics. Where does the money come from, what can you do as a nurse, and what are the imminent reforms? How does one effect change? Thinking. That's what we teach. That's what nurses do. Welcome to health care 2011.
September 24, 2011
first edition
Publishing a book is quite a process. First the fun part: writing. Then the work: editing. Art for the cover: fun. Editing the cover text for typos: work.
Now waiting for the galley... the first edition: suspense.
Soon it will be done, ready, & for sale. Then what will happen?
Now waiting for the galley... the first edition: suspense.
Soon it will be done, ready, & for sale. Then what will happen?
nurses care?
... or: The Battle of the Nurse Theorists.
I got buttons. "Nurses care" is one of them. Been trying to figure out why.
Martha Rogers v Jean Watson. Watson is all about caring. Nurses care.
Nurses respect patients' dignity, privacy, and autonomy. Mais oui. But is respect caring? I completely support treating patients with respect. I agree that we advocate for patients, supporting their right to autonomy. We must be courteous, respectful, nonjudgmental, tolerant, and polite. We must be culturally competent.
But must we care?
My employer may tell me how to dress and how to behave, but may my employer tell me how to feel?
That's my problem. That's my issue, my button.
I care about my family and friends. I love them. Frequently there is an internal shift, and I care about my patients and students. But. And this is a big but. I totally object to being ordered to care.
Martha Rogers said that caring is ubiquitous. We all care. Of course we care. That was her stance. Peh. Wave of hand. Like handwashing and clean linens: of course we care. Why bother to discuss it?
Why build a whole theory, a whole system around that? Around caring. As nurses, we own "caring"? Does that mean other team members don't care? Physicians, pharmacists, physical therapists... they don't care? Housekeepers, nutritionists, respiratory therapists: don't care. Is that what you're saying?
Yeah, I don't buy that.
As a professional, I pledge to treat each patient fairly, equitably, respectfully, and courteously. I will do my utmost to make each patient, family member, & coworker happy. Isn't that enough? What, I have to "care" about them too?
Nope. That's too much. Over the line. I have a professional boundary and it's right there.
I will do my utmost for my patients, their family members, and my coworkers- but caring- that's for my family and friends. You can't make me care for my patients. Darn it, I will anyway, but you can't make me!
I got buttons. "Nurses care" is one of them. Been trying to figure out why.
Martha Rogers v Jean Watson. Watson is all about caring. Nurses care.
Nurses respect patients' dignity, privacy, and autonomy. Mais oui. But is respect caring? I completely support treating patients with respect. I agree that we advocate for patients, supporting their right to autonomy. We must be courteous, respectful, nonjudgmental, tolerant, and polite. We must be culturally competent.
But must we care?
My employer may tell me how to dress and how to behave, but may my employer tell me how to feel?
That's my problem. That's my issue, my button.
I care about my family and friends. I love them. Frequently there is an internal shift, and I care about my patients and students. But. And this is a big but. I totally object to being ordered to care.
Martha Rogers said that caring is ubiquitous. We all care. Of course we care. That was her stance. Peh. Wave of hand. Like handwashing and clean linens: of course we care. Why bother to discuss it?
Why build a whole theory, a whole system around that? Around caring. As nurses, we own "caring"? Does that mean other team members don't care? Physicians, pharmacists, physical therapists... they don't care? Housekeepers, nutritionists, respiratory therapists: don't care. Is that what you're saying?
Yeah, I don't buy that.
As a professional, I pledge to treat each patient fairly, equitably, respectfully, and courteously. I will do my utmost to make each patient, family member, & coworker happy. Isn't that enough? What, I have to "care" about them too?
Nope. That's too much. Over the line. I have a professional boundary and it's right there.
I will do my utmost for my patients, their family members, and my coworkers- but caring- that's for my family and friends. You can't make me care for my patients. Darn it, I will anyway, but you can't make me!
