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R.E. Hengsterman is a registered nurse, medical writer, Pushcart Prize–nominated, award-winning fiction writer, and educator with more than three decades of experience in healthcare. Author of the Shift Workers Paradox @ nursewhowrites.com
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The Ingredient That Stops Me: Sucralose, DNA Damage, and the Shift Worker’s Snack Dilemma
One of the most abused concepts in online nutrition discourse is this: If something shows potential harm at any level, it must be avoided entirely.
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February 14, 2026 at 1:27 AM
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Exploring Petter Attia Outrage: Insights on Performative Outrage and the Algorithm Economy | Nurse Who Writes
On Peter Attia, Performative Outrage, and the Algorithm Economy Before I say anything else, let me be clear: I do not endorse degradation, exploitation, sexual misconduct, or abuse of women—full stop....
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February 5, 2026 at 5:53 AM
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Illegals......Rapists, Criminals & Murderers

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#alexpretti
#violence
#minnesota
Language Matters: When Words Drift from Description to Dehumanization
In public discussions of politics, health, economics, and science, language is not a luxury; it's a civic responsibility.
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January 28, 2026 at 6:40 AM
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One of the biggest things I hear is that everything about me feels impersonal. Truth is, I hate social media.

The Hustle. The Grind. The Grifters. It's all BS.

But as an author, it's required. Otherwise, no one pays attention.

See you next shift

#nursing
#nurse
#nursewhowrites
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January 23, 2026 at 8:14 AM
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How we turned #rootcause into a hashtag
The Hijacking of “Root Cause”: How Social Media Turned a Medical Principle into a Hashtag
But here’s the irony: “root cause” isn’t new. It’s not the property of wellness culture or functional medicine. It’s the foundation of medicine itself.
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January 13, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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Hustle Monkey Culture Is Hollowing Out Nursing
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1MzLmyNlwGvayA1gttwyuF?si=eKTYi2deTMWlexhPGXDtAALet me be clear upfront: this is not personal. I’m sure xxxpreneur Academy and (insert hustle monkey here) are probably...
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January 12, 2026 at 3:34 AM
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The long term risk...
When Science Bends: The New Hepatitis B Birth-Dose Recommendation and the Quiet Risk We’re Creating
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4iniShoBJX3tlFSwPdXvpx?si=SSTGy99BT0KKsiiPMT6XqwThere are moments in healthcare when the ground shifts beneath your feet. You feel it in the pit of your stomach before...
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January 7, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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Help for old nurses with old knees
Cartilage Regeneration Without Stem Cells: A New Direction for Osteoarthritis Treatment
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2k4FHUs7DuL1IXtSWIjvdK?si=Gxa2LvoqQWuKDFlyXpNYxwFor the older nurses in the groupFor decades, osteoarthritis has been treated as an irreversible process. Once cartilag...
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January 7, 2026 at 11:22 AM
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#nursewhowrites #nursing #shiftworkersparadox #shiftworker
Caffeinated Gum vs Capsules: A Small Sports Study With Big Night-Shift Implications
For nurses—especially nights—this is less about gym PRs and more about what we’re really doing with caffeine: trying to manufacture alertness inside a body that wants to sleep.
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December 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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#breakingtheseal #willpower
Breaking The Seal
Momentum is fragile by design. It depends less on motivation than on what surrounds you when motivation is gone.
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December 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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In 2017, the college I taught at, my father taught at, and my brother taught at closed. “Requiem for a College” is the story of what happened and how it connects to the trend of small college closures in the US.
Maybe it can help save your institution. #academicsky
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Requiem for a College: The Troubling Trend of College Closures in the United States
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July 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Every Award Matters—Because Every Author Journey Matters

Any award—large or small—carries weight for an author.

#AuthorLife
#WritingCommunity
#IndependentAuthor
#AmWriting
#WritersOfInstagram
#AuthorJourney
#WritingAwards
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December 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Every Award Matters—Because Every Author Journey Matters

Any award—large or small—carries weight for an author.

#AuthorLife
#WritingCommunity
#IndependentAuthor
#AmWriting
#WritersOfInstagram
#AuthorJourney
#WritingAwards
#CreativeWork
#SupportAuthors
#AuthorRecognition
#WritersSupportingWriters
December 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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#water #nursing #weightloss
Weekly Re-Alignment: Water Is Harder Than It Looks
Modern water bottles are absurdly large, and increasingly performative. What began as a practical tool has turned into a rotating identity marker: the flavor-of-the-month brand, the limited-edition c...
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December 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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THE BEGINNING (AGAIN)
Do I chase the workouts? Do I tighten the nutrition? Do I try to optimize both? We all know the phrase: you can’t out train a bad diet. From an energy and caloric perspective, that’s true enough.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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#nurses #shiftworkers #nursewhowrites #health
A One-Year Experiment in Living the Shift Worker’s Paradox
A 12-month experiment that focuses on rhythm, repair and resilience. I will give frequent updates, yet not with the goal of being perfect, or of being perfect in the way of being a performer, but rath...
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December 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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When Science Bends: The New Hepatitis B Birth-Dose Recommendation and the Quiet Risk We’re Creating
There are moments in healthcare when the ground shifts beneath your feet. You feel it in the pit of your stomach before the policy changes arrive. This week was one of those moments.I Don’t Have a Dog...
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December 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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#nurse #nursing #nightshift #shiftworker
Night Shift, Illness, and HRV: What the Data Reveal
Then my heart rate variability (HRV) dropped to 14. That’s not just “a rough stretch.” That’s a real-time signal that my autonomic nervous system—the balance between sympathetic fight-or-flight and p...
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December 4, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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#menshealth #prostatecancer #psa
The New IsoPSA Test: What Men with Family History Need to Know
Those of us living under that biology understand the math: early detection is leverage. The IsoPSA test has become one of the more meaningful developments in that space.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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The Four-Count Reset: A Night Shift Lesson in Physiology and Survival
I remember the night with absolute clarity. A routine shift, until it wasn’t.The room compressed, the air thinned, and my own physiology staged a quiet rebellion. I’m not built for anxiety, if anythin...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Why The Shift Worker’s Paradox Matters for Every Night-Shift Professional
Night work demands more than resilience—it requires understanding what chronic circadian disruption does to your body, mood, cognition, and long-term health.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Depression, Aging, and the Night Shift: The Weight We Carry
Shift work carves its lessons into the body long before we’re ready to understand them. Aging simply unmasks what was always there. The vulnerability becomes harder to outrun, harder to medicate with ...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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The Realities of Night-Shift Work—and Why Understanding Them Matters More Than Ever
For nurses, this is not an academic footnote. It is our lived environment.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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The Business of Discontent: How Nurses Became the New Target Market for Monetized Escape Plans
Today, we’ve traded macramé and macrobiotics for ring lights, Canva templates, and digital downloads—but it’s the same old playbook.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM