The LIVING OPEN EDITION: CHOOSE YOUR JOURNEY
Joy Lazaro Macaambac, RN (Singapore 2024)
Welcome to A New Revolutionary Magazine Experience
The Modern Nightingale Format:
The Living Open Edition: A Magazine Without Pages
I stand as the founder of The Living Open Edition, a publishing philosophy born from the lived realities of nurses, the rhythm of human memory, and the truth that stories rise in moments, not in numbered lines.
For nearly two decades, I have shaped a format that frees both reader and writer: a page‑less, modular, open model of storytelling where each story stands whole, complete, and sovereign. A format that breathes with the reader’s pace and honors the writer’s natural voice. This philosophy first took form in The Modern Nightingale Magazine, a publication I created as A Magazine Without Pages — a reader‑centered, nurse‑friendly, photo‑driven format designed for busy lives and meaningful moments. It offered short stories, vivid images, and the freedom to “Create Your Own Edition,” inviting every nurse to read only what they needed, when they needed it.
From that foundation, the Living Open Edition emerged as a full publishing model — a way of crafting books, tributes, and legacy manuscripts that honor how people truly live and remember.
I declare that the Living Open Edition is not a stylistic choice, but a publishing innovation: a philosophy that reshapes how stories are written, read, preserved, and shared.
It exists so that:
- readers may enter anywhere
- writers may create without constraint
- stories may breathe without pagination
- memory may be honored in its natural form
- legacy may be preserved without boundaries
This declaration establishes a new tradition in modern authorship, a tradition where books become experiences, magazines become living archives, and stories become timeless offerings.
I offer this publishing philosophy to all who seek to write with intention, to all who wish to honor lives with dignity, to all who believe that stories are not counted but are witnessed.
This is the foundation. This is the form. This is The Living Open Edition. This is A Magazine Without Pages. This is the future of reader‑centered, writer‑liberating storytelling. Choose your journey. Feel the experience.
Myrna D. Santos, MSN,PHN, RN
Founder, Chief Editor
05/07/2026
CREATE YOUR OWN EDITION:
Always New, Never Expires
- Honors nurses
- Respects your time
- Adapts to your lifestyle
- Read only what you want
- Freedom, not obligation
- Offers beauty, color, and story in small, meaningful doses
- Available 24/7, like a nurse’s life
- Created for nurses, by nurses, about nurses
THE MODERN NIGHTINGALE MAGAZINE
A Magazine Without Pages
TABLE OF CONTENTS — Living Open Edition
- Editor’s Welcome — The Living Open Edition
- Founder’s Declaration — A Magazine Without Pages
- How to Read This Magazine — Create Your Own Edition
- Our Nightingale Legacy — Honoring the Spirit of Nursing
Tributes & Celebrations
- Nurses in the Spotlight — Portraits of Excellence
- Legends of Care — Stories That Inspire
- Lifetime Service Honors — The Heart of the Profession
- In Memoriam — Remembering Our Fallen Angels
Nurse Lifestyles
- A Day in the Life — Real Stories from the Frontlines
- Wellness & Self‑Care — Mind, Body, Spirit
- Nurse‑Family Journeys — Balancing Life and Care
- Creative Corners — Art, Poetry, and Personal Expression
Professional Growth
- Career Pathways — From Novice to Expert
- Leadership & Management — Voices of Authority
- Education & Lifelong Learning — The Nursing Annex Connection
- Innovation in Practice — Tools, Tech, and Trends
Community & Public Health
- The Nursing Office Reports — Community Health in Action
- Living Laboratory Stories — Participatory Public Health
- Community Heroes — Local Nurses Making Global Impact
- Health Equity & Advocacy — Nursing as Social Justice
Photojournalism
- myRNphotoimages Gallery — A Picture Paints a Thousand Words
- Moments of Care — Visual Stories from the Field
- Faces of Nursing — Portraits of Compassion
- The Nightingale Lens — Photography as Healing
Short Features
- One‑Minute Reads — Quick Inspiration
- Reflections & Meditations — Wisdom for the Shift
- Nurse‑to‑Nurse Notes — Peer Voices
- Humor & Heart — Light Moments from the Floor
Special Sections
- The Living Open Edition Explained — Our Publishing Innovation
- A Magazine Without Pages — Why This Format Matters
- Create Your Own Edition — Your Personalized Reading Journey
- Call for Submissions — Write With Us
Institutional Pages
- The Nursing Office.Com — Our Mission & Programs
- The Modern Nightingale Magazine — Our Story
- The Nursing Annex — Academic Pathways & Digital Campus
- Partners & Collaborators — Community Connections
Closing Pages
- Editor’s Reflection — The Season of Stories
- Acknowledgments — Our Contributors
- Join the Movement — Become Part of the Living Open Tradition
Leticia B. Puguon, PhD, RN (2022)
ALWAYS NEW, YOUR EDITION NEVER EXPIRES
This magazine features Tributes and Lifestyles for Nurses presented in a format that is designed for busy nurses:
- Easy to read Nurse-friendly format
- Photo Journalism: A Picture paints a thousand words (myRNphotoimages)
- Colorful and creative layout for your pleasure
- Short articles on a variety of subjects
- About nurses, for nurses, by nurses
CREATE YOUR OWN EDITION
This Special Edition is made just for you, yes, for you, by you.
Just click on the feature that is of interest to you plain and simple, so that you only read the things that you like one article at a time. It’s always available at your fingertips, 24/7, The Nursing Office, that is ALWAYS OPEN.
DEPARTMENTS:
An Interview with an AI
A Nurse's Story: No Greater Love
Joy D. Lazaro, RN: Infection Control in the Operating Room
Golden Nuggets
Nursette: Social Graces & Etiquette for Nurses
More Chicken Soup: Short Stories
Nurse Driven Healthcare Solutions
STARS for Nurses & Entertainment
Let's Get Technical:Cyber Security
In the Workplace
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OPEN EDITION COVERS
JULY 2020
Irene Moraga Lumbrera (Photo courtesy by Wally Pacumio)
APRIL 2020
Verona Baker, RN The Modern Madonna's "No Greater Love"
Photo Courtesy by myRNphotoimages
January 2020
Janette Andrada Cruz, RNCL
March 1976
Eva Fernandez, RN
April 2018
International Women's Month: The Emergence
Photo courtesy by myRNphotoimages
February 2016
Gilda Sambajon: A Woman with Many Hats
Photo Courtesy by myRNphotoimages
Lisa Benedetto, RN
2013 The Modern Nightingale COVER PAGES
February 2013
January 2013
PRINTED PAGES and EDITIONS
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