Kathy Quan experienced freelance nurse writer

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Most Nurses Hate to Write

I have been writing since I was about 12. My father bought an old upright typewriter (what's that??). I was fascinated with it, but quickly became bored of just typing nonsense. I had to write something.

I began by writing about a young female private investigator who was clumsy with her gun. When I let my cousin read my first story she laughed so hard I thought she was going to hurt herself. I didn't think it was supposed to be that funny!! (I was certainly no Sue Grafton or Janet Evanovich!) I think I buried the pages in the back yard, but I continued to write. I did not however, become a great typist, and to this day I still have my own system of keyboarding.

When I became a nurse, documentation was not a problem for me, except to say I had to learn to shorten my comments. I couldn't write a book about each patient.

In my experience, especially as a Quality Improvement Specialist, I have found that most nurses have a few brief sentences that they use over and over again and don't venture beyond them.

Mentoring nurses in producing better documentation has become a passion of mine. One that sadly I haven't had enough time to devote to. But I hope to expand on this in my home health care websites.

Effective Communication with patients is essential. Carefully written instructions are not always the best tool if used alone, but when used on conjunction with good patient teaching, they can be a vital part of successful treatment and compliance. 

 

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    npssavelives npssavelives Oct 24, 2008 @ 8:53 pm
    Thanks for popping into my sites and leaving such nice comments. I'm trying to keep them all together and spend an equal amount of time on them and keep time for me and the family. It's hard work trying to come up with ways to help pay off these student loans! I'm going to apply to the rural health nurse student loan forgiveness program that I missed out on last year!
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    Careers-Jobs-Schools Careers-Jobs-Schools Jan 11, 2008 @ 12:06 am
    I follow your writing in various places. I never knew until now your impressive background and extensive network of sites. Thanks for always being true to the word.
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Kathy Quan RN BSN PHN has 30 years of experience as a nurse. Her primary focus is home health care where she had to become somewhat of a "jack of all...

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