: About Me

I am a RN BSN with 27 years experience in all areas except emergency rooms and pediatrics. I have a deep passion for nursing and want to share my knowledge through writing. I worked for our Veterans for 14 years and learned so much while gaining more experience in nursing since it is a teaching facility.

I have written several articles for AssociatedContent (as redrosediane) but wanted to expand on my goal of writing as a hobby that really pays.

I live in a small town of 6000 in North Central Florida.
Raised a city girl, living a country life.

I have 2 grown sons and seven chihuahuas "children". They can be seen in a slideshow on myspace.com/redrosediane.

My passion is ...

Learning

I know too much about ...

Nothing

My parents always told me ...

An education will get you everywhere

My childhood ambition ...

To become a teacher

My favorite memory ...

Being with my mom

Why I write ...

To share my knowledge and life stories

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Compulsively doing sudoku puzzles

My first job ...

dishwasher

My best moment ...

obtaining my bachelors in nursing degree

My inspiration ...

To become a best seller novelist

Health & Fitness > Medical Ethics Is physician-assisted euthanasia a patient's right?

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I do not believe a patient has the right to expect a physician to assist in their suicide. Euthanasia is a word I associate with animals as mercy killings to stop undesired suffering from injury or illness. I am referring to nonhuman animals that depend on others to perform this act of compassion. As a nurse, I heard of mercy killings in healthcare facilities but, over the last 30 years, have found it to be extremely rare. One nurse in the 80s concerned me because of her references to how certain patients should not awaken but it was her dark "humor". I have seen the worse of worse human s...

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