Author Archives: Peggy L Chinn

About Peggy L Chinn

feminist, nurse activist, writer, founding editor of ANS Advances in Nursing Science, quilter, grandmother nurturing the future of the amazing children in my life.

Making the Facts Louder than Opinions!

In the wake of the US elections, I have been focused on finding all the ways that I can stand on the side of equality, justice and health for all, and resist the many trends threatening these values.  There are … Continue reading

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Grieving for my country

There is no other way to say this – the U.S. election of Donald Trump as President has gripped me with grief, and fear.  As each day passes, further news of the dys-function of this man, and … Source: Grieving … Continue reading

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Cassandra in Cleveland history preserved at Ohio State University

Sharon Deevey, a good friend and member of Cassandra:Radical Feminist Nurses Network in Cleveland, just notified me of the archive of Cassandra materials at the Medical Heritage Center, Prior Health Sciences Library, The Ohio State University 376 W. 10th Ave. Columbus, … Continue reading

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Reflections on Productivity

This post closes my series of posts on the matter of productivity!  It has been an interesting experience, in part because it clearly affirms for me the benefits of blogging!  In a way, blogging is akin to journaling – the … Continue reading

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Trello

This wonderful tool is designed to help organize projects that involve more than just one person.  It exists on a web page that looks deceptively simple, but has tons of power for organizing and coordinating every task that needs to … Continue reading

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Evernote: A virtual file cabinet

One of the biggest challenges related to getting things done, for me, is how to collect the pieces that I need to complete a task, or how to save things I come across that you might want to use someday. … Continue reading

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Toodledo!

I should stop promising what will come next in this sequence of posts! Yes, the plan was to blog about Evernote next, but then Toodledo came along!  I discovered this wonderful task-organizing app because of the great discussion on this series … Continue reading

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The Essential To-Do List!

Maybe my aversion to being “List-less” accounts for my love of to-do list apps, but honestly, I could not live without such a thing! Here I will explain how I use iOmnifocus. But  I actually also use 2 additional apps … Continue reading

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Procrastination

Before I talk about Omnifocus (which I promised to be the second in my series of blog posts on productivity), I am inspired to insert a discussion of the universal challenge of procrastination!  I have yet to meet a person … Continue reading

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Do I ever sleep? Here’s the answer!

Oh yes indeed I sleep, and very well indeed!  But I get asked this question so often – in the context of “how do you do all you do?” –  that I finally decided to address this here on my … Continue reading

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