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**(c)(p)-IN MY BOOK-DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSIONS-I WROTE ABOUT THE CRUCIAL ROLE WHICH NURSES PLAY IN THE EDUCATION AND CLINICAL ROTATION OF MEDICAL STUDENTS AND YOUNG DOCTORS. THIS IS SOMETHING KNOWN IN MEDICAL CIRCLES, BUT NEVER TALKED ABOUT. I WILL SPEAK IT HERE. NURSES WHO ARE THE BACKBONE OF-ICU-PICU-ER-OR-OBGYN-RADIOLOGY, AND NICU- ARE SOME OF THE BEST OF THE BEST I HAVE WORKED WITH OVER MY 53 YEARS TO DATE.I FEEL HONORED TO HAVE KNOWN AND WORKED WITH MANY OF THEM- MOST OF WHOM WERE/ARE WOMEN.I ALSO LEARNED A LOT.