My mother called while S and I were coming back from our dog walk – practically bursting through the phone lines that she is being offered a DON job at a nursing home in Baton Rouge – another 1.5 hour commute each way, another high stress job. She says she will rent a crash pad there and keep her place here in New Orleans and drive back on the weekends. <\/p>\n
I don’t want to be negative but she’s in no condition – mentally, physically, physiologically, spiritually – to take on a position like this and that just shows you what kind of nursing shortage is going on out there in the world. <\/p>\n
But I bit my tongue and let her have her fantasy. We’ll see what happens. <\/p>\n
Que sera, sera. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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