Posts Tagged ‘national nurses week’
In Praise of Nurses, Again. (And Always)
A post in praise of nurses during National Nurses Week, which runs from May 6 through May 12 * here in the United States, has become a tradition here on the Margins. Like many of the best traditions, it happened almost without my noticing it. In the months after Heroines of Mercy Street was published,…
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In Praise of Nurses
It’s National Nurses Week here in the United States, and I am scrambling to catch up.* In the years since Heroines of Mercy Street was published, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking, reading, writing and talking about nurses.* As a result, I’ve also spent a lot of time talking to nurses–and their friends, mothers,…
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In Celebration of Nurses
I’ve spent a lot of the last ten months thinking, reading, writing and talking about nurses.* In the months since Heroines of Mercy Street was published, I’ve spent a lot of time talking to nurses–and their friends, mothers, daughters, granddaughters and nieces. (I’m sure nurses also have fathers, sons, grandsons and nephews, but the men…
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