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I'm wondering if it might be worthwhile to start a nursing blog.

-how do you narrow down what you'd like to focus on in a blog?

-what do other nurses need/find helpful to read about?

-would you read a nursing blog that includes posts about things like self-care, hobbies, athletics, home life, etc or would you rather see just professionalism? What about politics (women's rights/feminism, GLBTQ issues, so on)?

-thanks for any feedback and opinions!

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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).

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With all due respect, nursecranberry, your idea sounds a bit like reinventing the wheel.

There's just about everything here on this website a nurse could possibly want. If you're interested in an area you could call your own, you could start a club and focus on your area of nursing interest.

When allnurses shut down for upgrades recently, I started my own blog. My reason was because I wanted to be able to artistically express myself with fewer restraints.

I still spend more time on allnurses than I do my own site primarily due to inspiration, fellowship and feedback.

Good luck, nursecranberry!

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Specializes in ER.

The biggest problem with a nursing blog is that you are too restricted in what you can say. Even here under the pseudonym of Emergent (that's not my real name ?) I hesitate to share a lot of stuff for fear of being identified.

If your employer found out about your blog, which they would, you would have to walk on eggshells.

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On 3/21/2019 at 7:46 PM, nursecranberry said:

I'm wondering if it might be worthwhile to start a nursing blog.

-how do you narrow down what you'd like to focus on in a blog?

-what do other nurses need/find helpful to read about?

-would you read a nursing blog that includes posts about things like self-care, hobbies, athletics, home life, etc or would you rather see just professionalism? What about politics (women's rights/feminism, GLBTQ issues, so on)?

-thanks for any feedback and opinions!

Did you have any luck with the blog? It's cheap and easy to set one up with WordPress.

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