Post by Jeanne Sager
Do you ever look at some people and wonder why they chose a particular line of work because it's just about the last thing they should be doing? Consider the nurse who just got sentenced to 10 years in jail for allowing a 14-year-old girl to starve to death. A 14-year-old girl, I should say, who had cerebral palsy and was under Mollie Parsons' care. Allowing a child to die of malnutrition is the very antithesis of what the nursing profession is all about. We look to these women and men as professional nurturers, the people who seek out the job specifically because they care about people. But Parsons didn't care for 14-year-old Makayla Norman.![]()
Do you ever look at some people and wonder why they chose a particular line of work because it's just about the last thing they should be doing? Consider the nurse who just got sentenced to 10 years in jail for allowing a 14-year-old girl to starve to death. A 14-year-old girl, I should say, who had cerebral palsy and was under Mollie Parsons' care. Allowing a child to die of malnutrition is the very antithesis of what the nursing profession is all about. We look to these women and men as professional nurturers, the people who seek out the job specifically because they care about people. But Parsons didn't care for 14-year-old Makayla Norman.