Sanity is madness put to good use. – George Santayana
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Looking for Mr. Right, MD
By: Mother Jones, RN on: Jun 26,2006 In: UncategorizedMy mother was thrilled when I told her I wanted to be nurse. I was 5 years old. To her, going to nursing school was the fastest way of finding a doctor and getting him to the alter. Yes, in 1959 being Mrs. M.D. was the American Dream. Many years later, I broke her heart [...]
Mother Jones- RN
By: Mother Jones, RN on: Jun 25,2006 In: UncategorizedPainting of Mother Jonesby Rupert Garcia What Would Mother Jones Do? When I became a psychiatric nurse 20 years ago, many of my healthcare colleagues could only think about the movie, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. They envisioned my unit full of ranting lunatics and joked about my working with Nurse Ratched. Unfortunately, attitudes [...]
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There has been a lot of chatter in the blogosphere about medical bloggers and HIPAA regulations so let me make this very clear: I write composite stories about many different people that I've cared for over the years.
