sue robins

I’m thrilled to bits to announce that my latest feature written and photographed for CLPNA’s Care Magazine is now on-line.  It is called Myth Busting, and features photos and interviews from some of my favourite people in the world: nurses who work in the world of continuing care. I have my own story about working [...]

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So sometimes I write and I don’t get paid for it.  But that’s ok, because I do that for organizations I volunteer for.  Like the Canadian Family Advisory Network (CFAN).  Of which I happen to be chair. I wrote a piece for London Health Science Centre in Ontario about a family who frequents their Cystic [...]

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I wrote an article called Hushed Drama – life in the OR, about LPNs in the Operating Room, for the CLPNA’s Care magazine in the spring.  It was just published, and I’m really happy with it.  It was a collaborative effort with five different interviews and an extensive photo shoot. My favourite kind of work [...]

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Last week, I interviewed a woman who is turning 102 years old next month.  This is for an article in the College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta’s Care Magazine.  I’ll post the link when it is published in March. I was thinking how fortunate I am to have a job where I get to [...]

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I went to Washington DC last week for three days to canvass for the Obama campaign.  I went down because I believed in Obama’s message.  I hooked up with dual-citizen friends and we worked in Northern Virginia.  We went to Obama’s last campaign rally in Manassas Virginia.  And we celebrated hard at 11 pm EST [...]

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The College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta has released the fall version of their Care magazine.  In it is a feature on Dave Dearden entitled:  Changing Gears – from trucks to scrubs.  (Scroll down to page 18). I did both the words and the photos for this piece, and I immensely enjoyed the entire [...]

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I lead a double life on the Internet.  I also have another blog called Foodie Suz, where I chronicle the daily eating of my family of five.  I’ve got healthy obsessions with local food, farmer’s markets, and Jamie Oliver.  Click here if you are curious…

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The new Primary Care Initiative website has just been launched.  I wrote the feature story – Paving the Way for Prenatal Care. One of the things I love about writing stories is that I learn a lot about the issues, too.  I have a special interest in health care because of my health admin background [...]

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