Carolyn Jones: A tribute to nurses
Carolyn Jones: Een hommage aan verpleegkundigen
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the names of our doctors,
de namen van onze dokters,
the names of our nurses.
van onze verpleegkundigen.
kreeg ik borstkanker
to get through the surgeries
en het begin van de behandeling.
of the treatment just fine.
every single hair on my body
op mijn lichaam kwijt zou raken
that I was going to have.
to pretend anymore
everybody treating me with kid gloves,
handschoenen te worden aangepakt
me to get up out of that chair
dat ik uit mijn stoel moest komen
to me like we were old friends.
en sprak met me alsof we vrienden waren.
when I'm on the verge of losing it?
op het punt sta om het te verliezen?
of her shoulders she said,
"Het groeit wel weer aan, hoor."
the one thing I had overlooked,
wat ik over het hoofd had gezien,
my life would get back to normal.
mijn leven weer normaal zou zijn.
when you're fighting cancer
van je haar als je kanker hebt,
about how you're going to look.
over hoe je eruit komt te zien.
going to treat you so carefully.
je zo voorzichtig gaat behandelen.
for the first time in six months.
voor het eerst in zes maanden.
for apartments in New York City,
to the chemotherapy --
reageerde op de chemotherapie --
know just how to talk to me?
hoe ze tegen me moest praten.
into the world of nurses.
in de wereld van verpleegkundigen.
I was asked to do a project
werd ik gevraagd voor een project:
the work that nurses do.
van verpleegkundigen.
across the country.
verpleegkundigen in het hele land.
photographing and filming nurses
geïnterviewd, gefotografeerd en gefilmd
that would take us to places
die ons langs plekken voerde
public health issues facing our nation --
in onze gezondheidszorg spelen --
the largest concentration of patients
patiënten zouden vinden
te maken hadden.
to nominate nurses
hen het beste vertegenwoordigden.
was Bridget Kumbella.
was Bridget Kumbella.
when he had fallen from the fourth floor
van een vierde verdieping gevallen
to be flat on your back
om plat op je rug te moeten liggen
of care that you need.
die je nodig hebt.
to go into the profession of nursing.
om verpleegkundige te worden.
of patients that she cares for,
groep patiënten,
to understanding the impact
aan het begrijpen van de impact
when it comes to our health.
rond onze gezondheid.
een Amerikaanse indiaan,
a bunch of feathers into the ICU.
meenemen op de IC-afdeling.
voor hem was opgekomen,
from all different religions
hun eigen religie hebben
of objects for comfort;
voorwerpen gebruiken als troost;
or a symbolic feather,
of een symbolische veer,
in the Appalachian mountains,
in de Appalachen
and a repair shop when he was growing up.
en een garage toen hij klein was.
that he now serves as a nurse.
waar hij nu werkt als verpleegkundige.
to become a nurse,
om verpleegkundige te zijn,
pulling him back to nursing.
terug naar de verpleegkunde.
that an ambulance can't even get to.
waar zelfs ambulances niet kunnen komen.
he's standing in what used to be a road.
op wat ooit een weg was.
flooded that road,
overstroomde die weg
for Jason to get to the patient
nu bij die patiënt kan komen
with black lung disease
met zwarte longziekte,
against the current up that creek.
tegen de stroom in door die beek heen.
we ripped the front fender off the car.
viel het spatbord van de auto.
put the car on the lift,
zette de auto op de krik,
to meet his next patient.
caring for this gentleman
the work of nursing really is.
het werk van een verpleegkundige is.
was hij heel kwetsbaar.
to life in San Diego yet.
nog niet weer helemaal opgepakt.
of being a nurse in Germany
als verpleegkundige in Duitsland,
coming right off the battlefield.
van het slagveld kwamen, had verzorgd.
the first person they would see
persoon die zij zagen
their eyes in the hospital.
in het ziekenhuis.
as they were lying there,
I left my brothers out there."
Ik heb mijn maten daar achtergelaten."
who's seen combat.
en als soldaat, oorlogen meegemaakt.
the veterans in his care.
begrijpen en beter maken.
in Wisconsin called Villa Loretto.
in Wisconsin, Villa Loretto.
can be found under her roof.
levende wezens aan.
op een boerderij wonen,
to adopt local farm animals,
boerderijdieren uit de buurt te adopteren,
those animals have babies.
those baby ducks, goats and lambs
die jonge eendjes, geitjes en lammetjes
for the residents at Villa Loretto
van Villa Loretto,
remember their own name,
in the holding of a baby lamb.
als ze een lammetje mogen vasthouden.
from Villa Loretto
die op sterven lag.
someone you love them completely
kan laten merken hoeveel je van hem houdt,
meer leven in de brouwerij
at any other place in my life.
waar dan ook, gezien heb.
when it comes to our health care.
als het gaat om gezondheidszorg.
of the need for quality of life,
dat het gaat om kwaliteit van leven,
technologies are created,
technologieën worden ontwikkeld,
complicated decisions to make.
beslissingen nemen.
kunnen vaak levens sparen,
and the dying process.
en de stervensfase verlengen.
to navigate these waters?
onze weg in vinden?
all the help we can get.
relationship with us
een unieke relatie met ons
aan ons bed doorbrengen.
emotionele intimiteit.
her world without him in it.
zonder hem niet voorstellen.
fighting for her own life.
aan de verzorging van verpleegkundigen --
of the care of nurses --
stayed by her side
bleven bij haar
to make the right decisions
de juiste keuzes te maken,
met de wensen van mijn moeder,
upon the guidance of nurses.
op de begeleiding van verpleegkundigen.
in terms of how to care for my mom
voor mijn moeder moesten zorgen
van haar leven.
and relief from pain.
to put a pretty nightgown on my mom,
nachthemd aan te doen.
just in time for my mom's last breath.
net op tijd voor haar laatste adem.
how long to leave me in the room
ze me bij haar moesten laten,
dat ik eeuwig dankbaar ben
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Carolyn Jones - Photographic ethnographerCarolyn Jones creates projects that point our attention towards issues of global concern.
Why you should listen
Best known for her socially proactive photographs and documentary films, Carolyn Jones creates projects that point our attention towards issues of global concern. From people "living positively" with AIDS to women artisans supporting entire communities and nurses on the front lines of our health care system, Carolyn Jones has devoted her career to celebrating invisible populations and breaking down barriers.
Jones has spent the past five years interviewing more than 150 nurses from every corner of the US in an effort to better understand the role of nurses in this country's healthcare system. She published the critically-acclaimed book The American Nurse: Photographs and Interviews by Carolyn Jones, for which she was interviewed on PBS NewsHour and featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post and USA Today. She directed and executive-produced the follow-up documentary film The American Nurse: Healing America, which was released in theaters nationwide and was an official selection of the 2015 American Film Showcase, a cultural diplomacy program of the US Department of State.
Jones has spent her career focused on telling personal stories, and her first introduction to nursing was through a very personal experience of her own, when it was a nurse who helped her get through breast cancer. That experience stuck with her, so when she started working on the American Nurse Project in 2011, she was determined to paint a rich and dynamic portrait of the profession. The goal was to cover as much territory as possible, with the hope that along the way she would capture stories touching on the kinds of issues that nurses are dealing with in every corner of the country. The project explores the American experiences of health care, poverty, childbirth, war, imprisonment and the end of life through the lens of nursing.
Prior to The American Nurse, her most widely acclaimed book, Living Proof: Courage in the Face of AIDS, was published by Abbeville Press and was accompanied by shows in Tokyo, Berlin, the USA, and at the United Nations World AIDS Conference. In addition to her multiple exhibitions, book and magazine publications, Jones has collaborated on projects with Oxygen Media, PBS and the Girl Scouts of the USA. She founded the non-profit 100 People Foundation for which she travels the world telling stories that celebrate our global neighbors. As a lecturer, Jones has spoken at conferences, universities and events around the globe. In 2012 she was honored as one of 50 "Everyday Heroes" in the book of that title for her work with the 100 People Foundation.
Jones' career was punctuated by two brushes with death: first, running out of gas in the Sahara as a racecar driver, and second, a breast cancer diagnosis. Her newest project, the forthcoming documentary Defining Hope, is the culmination of a journey investigating how we can make better end-of-life choices.
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