Tag: Geraldine Gorman
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Nursing diagnoses
Mat Matteson,Geraldine GormanChicago, Illinois, United States Introduction: An inoculation in just time Ah, the end of the semester. In the best of times it hauls with it taunting deadlines, a gaggle of loose ends, and inevitable self-recriminations. In months such as these last few, marked by strained fiscal budgets, ubiquitous downsizing, and escalating war, it…
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Maximum security kindness or the public health nurse accrues her CEU’s
Geraldine GormanChicago, Illinois, United States When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.Abraham Joshua Heschel As she leaned into the doorway of my room, I explained the quandary to my daughter, Grace. “I don’t know what to do,” I said, “I am supposed to present a…
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Desert blooms
Geraldine GormanChicago, Illinois, United States Springtime has come to the desert. It is subtle, but spring, nonetheless. I am here with a group of nursing students who are spending their break working with a humanitarian aid organization serving the undocumented border crossers. Some of us are in Nogales, which spans the Arizona/Mexican border, some in the…