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05-09-2011, 08:09 AM
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Location: Grants Pass, Oregon
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Originally Posted by greaterexp
Welcome from Southern Oregon and from a former Illinoisan! What a fascinating lady you are! I'm also a "retired" nurse. I loved nursing, but would rather quilt! How wonderful that you are passing on your sewing ability!
05-09-2011, 04:05 PM
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Location: Central Arkansas
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Welcome from another retired RN. My parents were from IL and I still have an Uncle who just moved from Kewanee. My grandfather was an MD and worked at the old state hospital there. I remember playing on the beautiful grounds. Also have a daughter, SIL and 2 grandchildren living in Braceville. Will be going up that way in 2 weeks.
05-09-2011, 07:47 PM
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I would love to meet you. I am 79 and we older nurses had instilled in us, the confidence that no matter what happened, God and we would be able to help somehow. I got my RN in 1953 and went back for my BSN 30 years later. I studied with bright, attractive kindly youngsters who had more energy than I had, but had not yet developed the God-given confidence. We worked well together. Carolyn
05-09-2011, 08:20 PM
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I agree with you. My #2 daughter is also an RN and here time in school was so different. She was not exposed to a lot of areas that I was. She is now an Administer of clinical trials at the Children's Hospital here. I just turned 70 but have not worked in 30 years. Graduated from nursing school in '62.
05-10-2011, 10:08 AM
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Nurses are like mothers. You can't quit. There is always somebody needing something. Here in the retirement village I have another new ministry. Shaky people have eye surgery and can't put their expensive eye drops in. HERE I AM. It doesn't take much to be a hero here. Carolyn
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