It seems that the spammers found me again.

I once again changed my mind about my blog.. Uh.. Blogging.. Err..uhhm I mean my blog name.. Myyyy blog domain. Yeah. That’s it.

I’ve changed the re-direct of my blog domain yet again.

For anyone that has been following me (patiently) I recently changed my blog domain name to redirect to my Tumblr blog.

I thought that it would be better in some way shape or form. I think my rationale had something to do with more direct feedback from fellow Tumblr users.

Since that time my blogging habits haven’t really changed (if at all), but yet ‘mystrongmedicine.com’ has been redirecting to Tumblr?? With no real advantage or disadvantage.

I discovered an obvious but needed lesson about me and my blogging habits.

I have been, and will always be the ‘traditional’ blogger. I like the look and feel of a traditional blog. I of course use & utilize the micro-blogging services (Tumblr, Posterous, etc) to the Nth degree. But when it comes to ‘blogging’ I just correlate me with a blog.

Go figure.

I still blog about the most random crap found on the internet. I still blog about health & fitness. And yes, I still blog about nursing topics but it has something to do with the format, the feel, the look and maybe just the overall options. Heck, for all I know it’s just all in my head.

The (very long winded) short story is that ‘mystrongmedicine.com’ is back where it originated.

I still blog over at Tumblr like it’s nobody’s business, but the domain is back where it belongs.

KTHXBYE

Thanks for sticking around as always!

Who knows.

Besides, you know me, I can never pick a direction.

So after visiting, leaving, re-visiting, and leaving it for dead. I’ve decide to use my Tumblr blog again. This time I’m going to try and use it for its community as well as make an attempt at the project365 again.

I’m going to TRY my best to take a picture everyday and see how it goes.

I signed up for the project365 website, but I just didn’t need another website account. I’m already spread too thin. I’ve pretty much given up on my Posterous account since it’s just a reflection of my blog, and I’m using Tumblr for the pictures and sharing blog posts because I’m starting to follow fellow fitness enthusiasts in the Tumblr community.

We’ll see how it develops.

Yep, every nurse. Not just the pre-nurse nursing students, not just the current nurse-in-training students, and certainly not just the advanced degree seeking nurses out there.

Every nurse should blog and become a blogger for two reasons:

• Networking

I have lost count how many nurses I have met, chatted with, collaborated with and ‘connected’ to since I started actively blogging a couple years ago. I’ve met fellow bloggers who are nurses, I’ve met nurses who are also bloggers. And that’s just scraping the surface of blogging! Every medical profession is represented out there blogging! I’ve also met doctors (including residents in training and many specialists), paramedics, EMT’s, Physical therapists, Occupational therapists, respiratory therapists, allied health care professionals, etc. (and I’ve left so many out!)

All these wonderful professionals, including nurses, are from all over the world! Yes, I said the world. As far as England, Australia and India to name a few. All have their story to tell, and all have a wonderful ear to lend when it comes to sharing ideas, and the occasional ‘venting’ session. These folks are a great resource when needing validation on ‘not being alone’.

All of this connection improves your communication skills, heightens your professional awareness and increases your diversity of care.

• Verbiage

Blogging helps you write better. It improves your verbiage, whether you want it to be more concise or more grandiose, it will help. I remember when I first started blogging, I hated to write. I only ‘wrote’ when it was required (for school related responsibilities) And when I did write, I procrastinated so much that the quality of my writing suffered.

Since blogging I have learned ‘free writing’ and ‘free thought’ are some powerful tools. I have applied my ‘writing’ to my skills of charting (no I’m not saying charting is like blogging). I’ve learned to make my charting more concise, as well as improved my descriptive documentation. I no longer have trouble expressing my thoughts on paper (or computer). When I have to ‘chart’ an incident, or recount the day, I no longer stare at the paper (or screen), I just start.

Along with the writing comes the ability to tell a story better. Like it or not, most of our patient education is in the form of ‘story telling’. Thanks to blogging words no longer escape me when needing to better describe a therapy, treatment or intervention to my patient’s and their family members. Don’t get me wrong, I’m no professional journalist or elite blogger – but my skill of writing has improved.

No matter what ‘stage’ you are in as a fellow nurse – start blogging. It doesn’t matter where, or how, be like NIKE: ‘Just do it’. In my opinion there isn’t any drawbacks to blogging as a nurse. We all have privacy rules and regulations that concern us, but as a professional we should be abiding by them no matter where we communicate.

Get out there and blog my fellow nurses, it’s time well spent.

Oh yeah, if you don’t know where to start just contact me, I’m sure I can point you in the right direction. In the meantime go visit Kim over at Emergiblog. A cornucopia of nurse-blogging knowledge.

Wholly cow.

I just renewed mystrongmedicine.com. It’s been two years since I created the blog name. I dabble for years at blogging, but finally dug my feet in the sand two years ago.

Whew…

I can remember toying all summer with blogging, not knowing what to blog about, names, themes, etc.

I think I was going in a million different directions.

That was back when there were barely any nurses on Twitter. Back when there were only a select nurse blogs that I followed.

Fast forward two years – boy have things changed! Talk about growing.

I can’t wait to see where the next two years go.

I know , I know, I’ve been neglecting you horribly.

I promise – I’ll be back soon. One more month of school. Hang in there old friend.

Loss is never easy.

It’s been a really tough string of days. I got the wind knocked out of me.. so me and my blog have needed some ‘away’ time.

Thank you to everyone who expressed their kindness. I’m ‘dealing’ with it one day at a time. I’m crying less and less every day. It just seems like a really bad dream.

I just want my heart to stop hurting.

To all my readers – Thanks for stickin’ around.

I’m down.. but not out.

I’ve also noticed that I list a blog on my blogroll.. and I get no love back. *sniff* *sniff*

So this is my call out to any and everyone. If you are on my  blogroll would you be so kind to return the favor?

And for those who have me listed on their blogroll, please let me know if I need to add you.

You can either leave a comment, or simply shoot me an email on my contact page. Or simply click here.

Better yet click the envelope under my picture here:

http://www.retaggr.com/Embed/SeanD

Thanks!