Carolyn Jones: A tribute to nurses
Carolyn Jones: Hemşirelere bir övgü
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the names of our doctors,
the names of our nurses.
göğüs kanserine yakalandım.
to get through the surgeries
of the treatment just fine.
programım başlayacaktı
every single hair on my body
that I was going to have.
sanki her şey normalmiş gibi
to pretend anymore
everybody treating me with kid gloves,
ve nasıl olduğunu biliyordum
me to get up out of that chair
kalk şu sandalyeden ve
to me like we were old friends.
eski bir dostmuş gibi konuştu.
when I'm on the verge of losing it?
üzereydim, bu sorulacak şey miydi?
of her shoulders she said,
the one thing I had overlooked,
benim atladığım şeydi;
my life would get back to normal.
tekrar normale dönecekti.
when you're fighting cancer
saçlarını kaybetmekten korkmak
about how you're going to look.
kaygı duymakla ilgili değildir.
going to treat you so carefully.
sana çok dikkatli davranacağıdır.
for the first time in six months.
Joanne normal hissettirmişti.
for apartments in New York City,
to the chemotherapy --
vereceğim tepkiyi konuştuk,
know just how to talk to me?
nasıl sezmişti?
into the world of nurses.
seyahatimi başlatan şeydir.
hemşirelerin yaptığı işi
I was asked to do a project
the work that nurses do.
across the country.
hemşire ile buluştum.
photographing and filming nurses
beş yıl boyunca hemşirelerle
that would take us to places
yoksulluk, cezaevleri gibi nedenlerle
public health issues facing our nation --
halk sağlığı sorunları yaşanan yerlere
the largest concentration of patients
en çok yoğunlaştığı
to nominate nurses
en iyi temsil edecek kişileri
was Bridget Kumbella.
biri Bridget Kumbella idi.
when he had fallen from the fourth floor
beli ciddi bir şekilde yaralandığında
to be flat on your back
ihtiyacın olan bakımı almamanın
of care that you need.
uzun uzun anlattı.
to go into the profession of nursing.
hemşirelik mesleğine girmiş.
of patients that she cares for,
bütün dinlerden
to understanding the impact
when it comes to our health.
önemine adamış.
a bunch of feathers into the ICU.
tüy getirmek istemiş;
from all different religions
of objects for comfort;
objeleri olduğunu söylüyor,
or a symbolic feather,
bazen sembolik bir tüy olabilir
in the Appalachian mountains,
evde bakım yapan bir hemşire.
and a repair shop when he was growing up.
istasyonu ve tamirhanesi varmış.
that he now serves as a nurse.
şimdi ise aynı yerde hemşire.
to become a nurse,
maço bir iş sayılmıyormuş,
pulling him back to nursing.
hep hemşireliğe geri çekmiş.
that an ambulance can't even get to.
yerlere gidiyor.
he's standing in what used to be a road.
eskiden yol olan bir yerde duruyor.
flooded that road,
yığıntısı yolu kapatmış.
for Jason to get to the patient
hastalığı olan ve bu evlerde
with black lung disease
against the current up that creek.
we ripped the front fender off the car.
arabanın ön çamurluğunu parçaladık.
put the car on the lift,
arabayı askıya aldı,
to meet his next patient.
yola koyuldu.
ilgilenirken izledim,
caring for this gentleman
the work of nursing really is.
yakınlık işi olması beni yine çarptı.
to life in San Diego yet.
hâlâ adapte olamamıştı.
of being a nurse in Germany
deneyimlerinden bahsediyordu.
coming right off the battlefield.
askerlerle ilgileniyormuş.
the first person they would see
gördüğü ilk kişi
their eyes in the hospital.
kesik hâlde yatarken, askerlerin
as they were lying there,
I left my brothers out there."
Kardeşlerimi orada bıraktım"
who's seen combat.
hem de çatışma görmüş bir asker.
the veterans in his care.
yardım etmede benzersiz biri.
in Wisconsin called Villa Loretto.
adında bir bakımevi işletiyor
can be found under her roof.
bütün döngüsünü görebilirsiniz.
yaşamayı hayal edermiş,
to adopt local farm animals,
hayvanları verildiğinde
those animals have babies.
those baby ducks, goats and lambs
yavrularını, oğlakları ve kuzuları
for the residents at Villa Loretto
hayvan terapisinde kullanıyor.
remember their own name,
in the holding of a baby lamb.
onu Villa Loretto'dan uzağa
from Villa Loretto
bir hastanın odasına gitti
someone you love them completely
onun gitmesine izin vermektir.
görmediğim sayıda çok ömrün
at any other place in my life.
Villa Loretto'da şahit oldum.
when it comes to our health care.
karmaşık zamanlar yaşıyoruz.
of the need for quality of life,
nitelikli de olması gerektiğini
technologies are created,
teknolojiler geliştikçe
complicated decisions to make.
vermek zorunda kalacağız.
and the dying process.
ve ölüm sürecini uzatıyor.
rotamızı nasıl bulacağız?
to navigate these waters?
all the help we can get.
relationship with us
bekleyen hemşirelerin
her world without him in it.
kendini hayal edemiyordu.
fighting for her own life.
of the care of nurses --
ben, kız kardeşim
stayed by her side
Yoğun Bakımda kaldık.
to make the right decisions
upon the guidance of nurses.
muhtaç hâlde bulduk.
in terms of how to care for my mom
gününde nasıl bakılacağı konusunda
and relief from pain.
ve ağrılarını dindirdiler.
to put a pretty nightgown on my mom,
gecelik giydirme konusunda ikna ettiler,
just in time for my mom's last breath.
tam zamanında gelip uyandırdılar
how long to leave me in the room
hiç fikrim yok
bana bir kez daha rehberlik ettiler
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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