My niece is heading to New Orleans to do psychiatric evaluations.

[greatauntoftriplets]

She is a licensed psychiatric nurse practitioners and volunteered September 1 at her hospital to head south. Well, two months later a group of seven is headed to Louisiana tomorrow to spend two weeks.

She is flying into Baton Rouge first where she will be federalized by FEMA, but has told she will head to a clinic in New Orleans to do psych evaluations. Recommended clothing is nothing that can't take fairly rough living and comfortable shoes that she won't mind getting muddy or dusty. She also is required to bring a sleeping bag.

This is a wonderful opportunity for her and she is extremely excited. I am damn proud.

:D

(This is not the triplets' mother.)

[peekaloo]

1. Bless her.

She sounds truly dedicated to her profession. :thumbsup:

Maybe * should make another trip to N.O. :evilgrin:

[flamingyouth]

2. That's really cool, gaot

Good for her. Obviously she was raised right. :)

[greatauntoftriplets]

3. Thanks, I am really proud of her for going....

She graduated with her master's and got her nurse practitioner's license only last May and has been job hunting...so far with little success in her relatively limited field. She is working in a hospital psych unit, but is not fully using her training to its full potential.

The two weeks in New Orleans will be exactly what she wants to do and I have to say (cynically) it'll look great on her resume.

[Metta]

4. She'll have her hands full. I hope she isn't a tool of big pharma.

Presribing drugs as the first means of dealing with trauma and loss.

[terrya]

5. That's a good and decent thing your niece will be doing.

And you have every reason to be proud.

To deal with the emotional aftermath....that's very good work, indeed.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

6. Good for her

My husband is a psychiatrist in Dallas, and he and his colleagues were asked about doing that. I think he might have considered it if he didn't have a huge research grant application due, as well as a book chapter.

Your niece will do very good and necessary work. Kudos to her!