About Me
For over three years I was the Guide to Nursing at About.com which was part of The New York Times Company. It was a great opportunity to interact with nurses and those who are becoming nurses or thinking about a career in nursing. I also learned a lot about writing for the web, using WordPress, keywords, tags, and SEO. And it opened doors to many opportunities to write books and blogs as well as contributing to many publications, websites and blogs.
When About.com decided to disband the Nursing.About.com site, I moved that content to my own Website and blog which I have combined into one site now - TheNursingSite.com
WEBSITES & BLOGS
I also have a two Websites for skilled home health care nurses and professionals - HomeHealth101.com and Housecalls-Online.com. My primary role as a nurse has been working in home health care and hospice. I was a field nurse for many years. Then I moved into staff education and management and then into quality improvement (QI) and compliance. In these roles I have spent many years writing patient education materials and helping nurses learn to write and improve their documentation skills.
My blogs include:
- TheNursingSite.com (formerly TheNursingSiteBlog.com)
- AboutAgingParents
- What’sNew page on HomeHealth101.com
In the past few years, I have also contributed articles, blogs, and other materials to a variety of other nursing, health care and aging parents sites and publications.
BOOKS
In 2006, I wrote The Everything New Nurse Book. It proved to be so popular that in 2009, Adams Media repurposed it into 150 Tips and Tricks for New Nurses.
The Everything New Nurse Book Second Edition was updated and published in 2011.
In 2014, this book was updated and and renamed The New Nurse Handbook.
My fifth book was The Everything Guide to Health Care.
In 2008, I turned my home health nursing knowledge and experience into a book called The Everything Guide to Caring for Your Aging Parents which was published in Feb. 2009. My eighty (plus) year old mom thought it was all about her, but actually she remained too independent for much of it to apply to her until she had to transition to hospice in 2016.
In 2015, I completed and self-published my 7th book: Exploring the Home Health Experience: A guide to Transitioning to Home Health Care.
All of my books are available from Amazon.com or you can order from me if you'd like an autographed copy. Supplies are limited and ship to the US only. (See Books.)
COPYEDITING
I have also done editing and copyediting for several publications for NAPNAP to combine white papers written by various authors and provide cohesive single voice to the final product.
Several years ago I was asked to serve on the board of medical reviewers for Nucleus Medical Media to review and copyedit their educational materials.
In 2014, I copyedited the dark mystery The Darkness Waits by Wesley Thomas. It’s available on Amazon.com.
I have edited updates to Kati Kleber's Becoming Nursey and The Nurse's Guide to Blogging by Britney Wilson and Kati Kleber.
In 2023, I was a reviewer for Tina Marrelli's book, Hospice and Palliative Care Handbook, Fourth Edition.
TEACHING and PODCASTING
I also have a series of Podcasts on Podbean about the OASIS document for home health care (including OASIS E). Periodically I update and add to these.
In the past, I have had courses on Teachable.com, but due to Teachable's changes in policy, they were taken down and I'm in the process of updating them and moving to another platform.
DESKTOP PUBLISHING
For many years, I have written and desktop published newsletters for Realtors and other professionals, youth organizations, and various PTAs. I also designed and published websites for many of these same groups and individuals. You'll find some examples on my More from Kathy Quan page.
I have been married for over forty five years to a wonderful man, Tim. He is my rock and my north!!! We have three terrific adult children and four fabulous grandchildren. They are all my life and my reason for being.
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