Authors

  1. Duff, Diane B. MBA, RN, CIC

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FONDEST MEMORY

Chaperoning a second-grade class on a whale-watching field trip (and yes, there were whales!!).

 

FAVORITE MUSIC

The soundtrack to Chocolat.

 

WILDEST DREAM

To live on a yacht with servants.

 

PROUDEST MOMENT

Listening to my son, the valedictorian, address his classmates at graduation.

 

FIRST HEALTH CARE JOB

Nurse's aide class at Englewood Hospital, New Jersey.

 

INDULGENCE

Staying in bed on Saturday, all day, and reading novels.

 

LAST PURCHASE

Shoes (Life is short, get the shoes!!).

 

INSPIRATION

My grandfather.

 

SCARIEST MOMENT

When the anesthesiologist asked me to reach under the surgical drape to feel whether the patient had a carotid pulse.

 

BEST VACATION

Hawaii, the island of Kauai, 21 days.

 

FAVORITE MOVIE

Meet Joe Black.

 

FAVORITE FOOD

Lamb with horseradish carrots and scalloped potatoes.

 

WORST DATE'S FIRST NAME

Jeffrey.

 

FAVORITE BOOK

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley.

 

DREAM VACATION

A Mediterranean cruise starting in Italy, and lingering through all the ports of call for about six months.

 

I ASPIRE TO [horizontal ellipsis]

Listen better and extend more compassion to my peers.

 

NURSING AMBITION

To encourage colleagues to be better than they believe they can be.

  
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