Theresa Brown, PhD, BSN, RN, author of Healing: When a Nurse Becomes a Patient. Sourced from cityofasylum.org.
Theresa Brown, PhD, BSN, RN came to nursing as a second career.
Her self-proclaimed “past life” was teaching English to undergraduate students after earning a PhD in the field. But, she sought more meaningful work. She went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in nursing, while simultaneously developing a writing career that brought her to the attention of The New York Times, where she is a periodic contributor. Her nursing work was in oncology and hospice care; she has written about her experiences as a nurse in two books: Critical Care: A New Nurse Faces Death, Life, and Everything in Between and The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients’ Lives. But, the tables were turned when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Her newest book, Healing: When a Nurse is a Patient (published by Algonquin Books), is an interplay between her experiences as a nurse, a wife, a mother, and a patient with breast cancer.
In a series of HealthCetera interviews, registered nurse Diana Mason, PhD, RN, hosted Theresa Brown for a conversation about living with cancer, decision making around a life threatening diagnosis, and the failings and successes of the healthcare system.
This interview series first aired on HealthCetera in the Catskills on WIOX Radio in October of 2022.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
