Nursing Talk from Around the World
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09-04-2007, 12:49 AM
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My Blog
I started out Blogging in RN school. I thought it would help me vent...which it did....and it was interesting enough to keep people reading. I turned out to get quite a few readers and met other SNs on their blogs. Not to mention I got a lot of encouragement and advice from the nurse bloggers who came by. It was great...and still is.
I've been on Blogger which is free and easy to use and manage. I changed my Template (The look of my blog) by playing with the HTML code by trial and error. I don't know HTML code but I just picked one of the templates, changed my picture, and looked up the color codes online to change the scheme. I kept hitting preview to see if it looked right....until it did. Also, when writing about patients, I was sure not to mention specifics or any identifing info. Got to keep the privacy. Hope this helps, we can't have too many Nurse bloggers out there!
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~Jo RN    Endocrinology/Infertility formally Internal Med Hospital nurse. http://jodaya.blogspot.com/ 
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#2
09-07-2007, 09:53 AM
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Bloggers Unite!
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Has Blogger gotten any more reliable? When I first started two years ago it would drive me nuts. I still remember hosting Grand Rounds with about 67 entries and having to stay up all night to RE-do it when Blogger blew it! Ugh! And have you thought about purchasing your own domain name? I did that a few years ago and it is very inexpensive - only about $4.50 per month via enomcentral.com! 
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The ER is the only place where you are rewarded for efficiency by getting more patients! Kim  http://www.emergiblog.com
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09-07-2007, 10:46 AM
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A Year???
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emergiblog.net emergiblog.org scaredtohealth.com kmcallister.com emergiblog.edu (I think, I'll have to check) Didn't want anyone taking my name! : D
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The ER is the only place where you are rewarded for efficiency by getting more patients! Kim http://www.emergiblog.com
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#6
09-15-2007, 12:35 PM
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Wow, I just read emergiblog.com and jojodow, your blog is awesome! Very organized and I love the posts! It'll take me a while to read it all though, haha.
GoDaddy is a great and cheap place to buy domains, I really like GoDaddy. I think that's the #1 choice for everyone when they want to purchase a domain. Hopefully we'll see more people posting his/her blogs on this thread!
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#7
09-16-2007, 05:05 PM
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I also have a few blogs and I use wordpress. I was able to purchase my domain name and hosting for only $15 a year and they do all the work setting it all up. I used to get paid to write but I like blogging MUCH more...I get to say whatever the heck I want.
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#8
09-17-2007, 09:05 AM
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orientedX3.com goodtailbadtail.com nursepixel.com pixelnurse.com superpixelplus.com (Don't ask me why I picked this one. It was suggested to me by one of the registrar sites and I thought it was too cute to pass up. See, domain names really are like shoes).
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#9
09-17-2007, 02:00 PM
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One of the hardest things for me was coming up with a name. I didn't want a cute name, because that doesn't match my personality. I'm afraid though, that the name I came up with may be just a bit obscure...but that is part of my personality
Now I just have to get all the ideas I have floating around in my head down into posts. Maybe if I stopped posting here I'd do better, some of my posts here are probably long enough to be a blog post! Oh, and uh, then there's Chapter One of my dissertation waiting on me....  http://awfyh.blogspot.com/
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#10
12-13-2007, 08:10 AM
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I have been blogging for seven years!!! I started on livejournal, moved to Xanga, then .Mac before finding Wordpress.com.
Shortly after, I bought nursesean.com domain. I can't describe why, but it just feels GREAT to have your own domain. It's like the difference between renting and owning a house I guess. I'm aware that godaddy is incredibly cheap. However, I am using Bluehost for $6.95 a month. I love their services and functionality. Plus they are set up to work extremely well with wordpress.org I also planned to start a podcast again, so I wanted lots of bandwidth/storage. So far, the podcast hasn't appeared (but the desire is starting to bubble up). I 100% recommend starting with worpress.com as a blog. It is much more flexible than blogger. Plus, I get so frustrated with blogger because often you have to be a member to comment on blogs (depending on user's settings). Find out if you love blogging before spending the money on a domain/host.
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