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June Zanes Garen is a nurse and author of Hey! I Could Use a Little Help Here! My Story of Healthcare Workplace Violence.

A mother’s advice to her physician son

June Zanes Garen, RN
Medical Education
May 1, 2022

I hope this finds you well. Today, I took some time shopping for a new outfit to wear to the upcoming festivities marking the end of your emergency medicine residency. We have celebrated many educational milestones over the years, haven’t we?

It seems like only yesterday that you started the third year of medical school. I remember the anticipation and pressure associated with moving out of the sim[ulation] lab and beginning …

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A mother’s advice to her physician son

Use a little compassion: How we treat and support each other is important

June Zanes Garen, RN
Conditions and Diseases
November 17, 2021

I need to start this blog by saying that these times do try us. I completely understand this as I continue to care for others in what is rapidly becoming the most tenacious public health disaster of my nearly 40 years in nursing.

Last week, as I searched the aisles of the local grocery store looking for tasty, nutritious items to pack for lunches, I happened across a man wearing a …

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Use a little compassion: How we treat and support each other is important

In memory of a nurse who died from injuries sustained during a patient assault

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Conditions and Diseases
August 9, 2021

An excerpt from Hey! I Could Use a Little Help Here! My Story of Healthcare Workplace Violence.

This chapter is dedicated to the memory of Lynne Sausse Truxillo, RN, who died on April 11, 2019 from injuries sustained during a patient assault while on duty at Baton Rouge General Hospital.

It is not my place to intrude on the privacy of people …

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