tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post8856164431047985844..comments2024-03-23T17:49:56.783-07:00Comments on oldfoolrn: Nursing Was a Great Sanctuary from the Forlorn Politics of the 1960'sOldfoolrnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747485143127099085noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-82494933530632425352020-11-25T18:50:02.789-08:002020-11-25T18:50:02.789-08:00Thanks, Sue, and I wish you the same. We are stayi...Thanks, Sue, and I wish you the same. We are staying put here at home as the pandemic rages outside. I don't know how the courageous, young whippersnapperns face it everyday. I think of them all the timeOldfoolrnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01747485143127099085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-73186240160796204772020-11-25T14:23:25.503-08:002020-11-25T14:23:25.503-08:00Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family OFRN! f...Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family OFRN! from Sue in AustraliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-8688785164017962582020-11-13T12:31:53.741-08:002020-11-13T12:31:53.741-08:00I'm doing just fine, Sue. My wife and I have b...I'm doing just fine, Sue. My wife and I have been saying home as the virus surges outside.<br /><br />St. Joseph's hospital was located in Lakeview, the same Chicago neighborhood as the school I attended. It was just 1/2 block south and east (overlooking Lake Michigan) from where I lived. IT was a much nicer hospital than the largely charity institution where I worked. St. Joseph's had more patients with private insurance and the ER sent most all of their trauma patients to us supposedly because we were more experienced, but I suspect the real reason was that most of them were uninsured. Rather than shutter their school of nursing in the late 1970s like mine, St. Joseph's morphed into a baccalaureate progam associated with Loyola and dePaul university.Oldfoolrnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01747485143127099085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-67503557773089492702020-11-13T01:48:12.588-08:002020-11-13T01:48:12.588-08:00I am a bit worried about you over there OFRN, I ho...I am a bit worried about you over there OFRN, I hope you are keeping yourself safe. Sue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-37501926633732624812020-11-12T19:55:01.037-08:002020-11-12T19:55:01.037-08:00I don't think I explained myself well earlier ...I don't think I explained myself well earlier OFRN - Cynthia's Nolan's book about her nursing training just before WWII is one of the most accurate, moving and humourous accounts of nursing I have ever read - and as I was reading it I was surprised she had started training in Chicago at St Joseph's Hospital & I wondered if you had any knowledge of this hospital during your time in Chicago? She clearly found her fellow nursing trainees a delightful bunch there!<br /><br />Hope this makes my previous post a bit clearer - if still off topic! SueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-32921933952466787192020-11-11T12:47:29.930-08:002020-11-11T12:47:29.930-08:00Thanks so much for your kind words and reading so ...Thanks so much for your kind words and reading so much of my foolishness.<br /><br />When my alarm went off during the freezing cold early hours of Chicago winters, thinking about patients that did well always got me going again. I sure wouldn't have done that for money!Oldfoolrnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01747485143127099085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-47261325445489433892020-11-10T19:41:57.993-08:002020-11-10T19:41:57.993-08:00I live in a “city” in North Carolina where people ...I live in a “city” in North Carolina where people still wave to their neighbors and we eat a lot of fried food. I make the trek to the big city 3 days a week to take care of people and support myself and my canine friend. <br />Occasionally, I hear overhead warnings about lockdowns in the ED. I think that these are a code for trauma victims and the anticipated security concerns. I have worked in a larger city in North Carolina. It was troubling for me when my 85 year old home health patient described how sad she was to hear that her pregnant niece had been killed in a drug deal gone bad. Coworker whose husband was a resident in big city ER told me that baby was apparently fine.<br />I don’t think I would have lasted long in Pittsburgh, and certainly not Chicago. It helps me to hear of your stories of gang strife and young lives ended too soon, OFRN. Even living the good life in the heart of North Carolina, I am occasionally faced with the pain of losing a patient when I thought I could do more. As always, your written recollections inspire and help me to get up when the alarm goes off and do what I can all over again. I owe a great deal to you for that.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14762411508019700960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-73649958881491072882020-11-10T12:08:50.729-08:002020-11-10T12:08:50.729-08:00It certainly is! I'm off topic 99% of the time...It certainly is! I'm off topic 99% of the time.Oldfoolrnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01747485143127099085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-60638926865874337732020-11-09T20:29:23.217-08:002020-11-09T20:29:23.217-08:00I think Chicago has always been known as a tough t...I think Chicago has always been known as a tough town OFRN! I have a book by an Australian woman, Cynthia Nolan, called A Bride for St Thomas - she was married to our famous artist Sidney Nolan but she trained as a nurse at St Thomas'Hospital in the UK in the late 1930s. Anyway, she mentions she first started her nursing in Chicago at St Joseph's Hospital, with lectures at DePaul University. I am wondering if you know of these places? She speaks very highly of the American training rather than the British.<br />'<br />I had a chuckle about all the murders, yet Brian Doyle in his book obviously loved the city - although he does mention the gangs quite often. Cheers OFRN! Sue (and excuse me for getting your blog off topic, but in these days a chat is nice!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-89196088893185011722020-11-08T18:36:22.293-08:002020-11-08T18:36:22.293-08:00Yep, Allegheny County has been my home for over 40...Yep, Allegheny County has been my home for over 40 years. I liked it so much better than the often time cruel world of Chicago. Dr. Slambow always said that you had to live where you wake up and it was much easier waking up in Pittsburgh-much more low key than densely packed urban jungles.<br /><br />One of the first things I noticed about Pittsburgh is how just about every crime made the local news reports. In Chicago, there were so many murders it would have been impossible to report them all. In my old age, I have stopped listening to much of the news-a habit I should have picked uo earlier in life.Oldfoolrnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01747485143127099085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-57509353310939785742020-11-08T17:57:49.786-08:002020-11-08T17:57:49.786-08:00Thanks OFRN I am fine now - and I couldn't spe...Thanks OFRN I am fine now - and I couldn't speak highly enough of the nursing care I received - what cheerful, kind & competent nursing staff we have at our hospital here, I was impressed. I was only an inpatient for a short time...it's very kind of you to ask after me.<br /><br />Allegheny County was mentioned in our national news broadcast here over the weekend - and I thought, that's where OFRN lives I think!<br /><br />I sure hope you are keeping safe over there. I think about how you are too and keep hoping you're OK. Your great country sure is hitting our news these days... All the very best. SueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-10928313631751365752020-11-06T11:07:43.388-08:002020-11-06T11:07:43.388-08:00Hi Sue,
I was worried about your hospitalization. ...Hi Sue,<br />I was worried about your hospitalization. Hope things are going well with you and you are staying safe. It's great to hear form you!Oldfoolrnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01747485143127099085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-82631399323426771722020-11-06T00:09:31.859-08:002020-11-06T00:09:31.859-08:00Good to know some things never change OFRN! Watchi...Good to know some things never change OFRN! Watching from over here in Australia... cheers, Sue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com