This is a small sample of the work I do for clients and for myself:
Currently:
- Content management for Sepsis Alliance
- Canadian editor for Student Health 101, an online health magazine for post-secondary students.
- Editor and publisher of Games We Used to Play
A selection of recent articles
- The Quilter, April/May 2012 Busy Bees: Belonging to an Online Quilt Guild, page 76-77
- Costo Connection, June 2011 Tater Thoughts: A Different Take on the Much Maligned Potato, page 53.
- NursingLink (Monster.com), Every Patient Has a Story
- Scrubs Magazine, Classic Songs for a Nurse Sing-a-Long
More samples below.
Spring 2009:
Clinical image research and art development for on-line nursing textbooks, including Emergency Nursing (Elsevier)
March 2009:
Comprehensive Handbook of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests with Nursing Implications
Third author (“with Special Consideration” – involved researching and writing the exercises available on the book’s accompanying DVD) on Van Leeuwen, Anne M., Poelhuis-Leth, Debra J. Philadelphia : F.A. Davis Co., c2009. 3rd ed. 9780803618268, 0803618263
November 2008 to mid-2009:
Contributing writer at everydayhealth.com
Summer 2008:
Assisted with writing the Emergency Medical Responder manual for the publisher of the American Red Cross. Was responsible for writing several chapters within guidelines provided by the publisher.
2008:
Hired to write quarterly newsletters for a major worldwide drug study and rehired for 2009.
Samples of work:
- Nerve Damage and Type 2 Diabetes: High blood sugar levels can eventually make it tough to feel sensation in some parts of your body
- This Isn’t Your Mother’s School Nurse
- Sepsis on the Rise: How to Protect Yourself
- Palliative care: Raising awareness key to improving access
- HIPAA Privacy Rule & Patient Confidentiality
- Nursing your parents
- PhD in Nursing Explained
- Diabetes Caregivers Need to Take Care of Themselves Too
- Finding Support When Dealing With Bladder Cancer
Blogs
Marijke: nurse turned writer, is a personal blog about health issues in the news, with a bit of freelance writing information thrown in. Finally, I have a non-health-related project that I’m really pleased to be working on. It’s a lot of fun and I invite you to have a look.