How Nurses Can Save the World

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🗓️ 21 June 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Nursing is a vocation as old as humankind, once practiced by men and women. But for many the word “nurse” conjures up an image of Florence Nightingale or a woman in a starched white uniform and funny cap who defers to the doctor. In her new book, “Taking Care,”journalist Sarah DiGregorio challenges these myths: “If you imagine that nursing arose only in relatively recent times, as a profession dedicated to assisting physicians within hospitals,” writes DiGregorio, “you have it backward. Nursing came first.” Her book explores how chauvinism, racism, cultural norms and misogyny have inflected the profession and crucial role that nurses play in providing safe, caring and cutting edge medical care. We’ll talk to DiGregorio about her book and hear from you: How have nurses affected your life? Guests: Sarah DiGregorio , Journalist and Author, "Taking Care: The Story of Nursing and Its Power to Change Our World". DiGregorio is also the author of "Early: An Intimate History of Premature Birth and What It Teaches Us About Being Human" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:09.5	From KQED. From KQED. From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Leslie McClurg in Fermina Kim.
1:30.2	Coming up on forum, when you say the word nurse, what comes to mind?
1:34.3	Florence Nightingale?
1:35.3	A medical worker, likely female, who is assisting doctors who are likely male?
1:40.3	In her new book, Taking Care, journalist Sarah D. Gregorio goes beyond these stereotypes.
1:45.4	She explores the history of nursing and looks at how racism, sexism, and cultural norms have shaped the profession.
1:51.4	We talk to her and hear from you.
1:53.4	Tell us about a nurse who changed your life.
1:55.3	That's next after this news. This is Forum. I'm Leslie McClurg in today for Mina Kim. When I was 25, my appendix burst,
2:19.8	but it was misdiagnosed. I was told by several doctors that my gallbladder was inflamed.
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