National Nurses Week starts May 6

To the Editor:

National Nurses Week is observed every year beginning on May 6 with National Nurses Day and ending on May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of nursing as a modern profession. My health care career began as a practicing nurse, so I know firsthand the countless everyday contributions nurses make on the frontline of providing patient care.

At Franklin Community Health Network, nursing is our largest group of patient care providers. We employ more than 200 nurses, ranging from nurse practitioners, to registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and certified nursing assistants. These professionals care for patients of every age in a wide variety of settings: from Franklin Health medical practices, to hospital outpatient and inpatient units, and community settings.

In collaboration with doctors and other clinicians, nurses provide education, guidance and resources to individuals managing an illness or chronic condition. Nurses help patients understand discharge and care plans, medication regimens, appointment follow ups, referrals to other providers, and equipment needs. They impact patients and their families on a personal level by combining nursing science with caring and compassion.

Our nurses also demonstrate leadership by taking active roles in advancing nursing quality and patient safety. For example, in February our nurse managers hosted a skills fair that created an interactive and engaging four-day learning environment to enhance nursing expertise with the ultimate goal of providing our patients with the highest level of nursing care possible.

On May 6 our organization will declare the recipient of the fourth annual Excellence in Nursing Award, an award established to recognize outstanding contributions by nurses who demonstrate exceptional nursing practice and professionalism. Stay tuned: the announcement about this remarkable individual is forthcoming.

When you see a nurse in the coming weeks, be sure to thank this unsung hero for his or her everyday efforts to promote optimal patient outcomes and improve the overall health of our community.

Rebecca Arsenault, RN, president/CEO, Franklin Community Health Network

Homosexuality represents a return to paganism

To the Editor:

Pilate (the Roman ruler who condemned our great Lord and King, Christ Jesus) said (referring to the truth as proclaimed by Jesus and his followers) “what is TRUTH?”

Today, the homosexuals say their truth is truth – their vision the right one. Again, we must recall that Rome became a very decadent society embracing all manner of sexual license.

St. Paul asked the Christian followers to be very strict about their moral lives and yes, he condemned sexual license in both heterosexual and homosexual lives. Before the great faith came into society, it was anything goes! There were no moral ideals for man to live by- it was an uncivilized, pagan society! Why should reject the great moral laws of our faith and return to the pagan days of Rome?

This morning on CNN, the legal analyst Jeffrey Tobin made a mistake saying the court would IMPOSE its will upon all the people of America. He then corrected himself and changed the word IMPOSE. IMPOSE means force!

Frank Bruni, a New York Times homosexual writer, implied the same thing in his op ed (April 7, 2015) when he quoted Mitchell Gold saying” homosexual marriage must be FORCED upon the American people! Lots of judges who I guess don’t care that our society becomes another decadent one, threw out the ban on gay marriage in so many states.

To me, they are people of no moral core. Some legal people say that homosexual behavior is immutable (that is built into these folks). I don’t believe it and science does not back up this theory.

This idea is not truth. I believe that it is within the human being to willfully choose how it will act morally. I believe only when faith presents restraint and embraces the virtues and moral truths of our great Judeo/Christian faith, do we find truth.

My heart is broken with our judicial system and the lack of conviction by many in the business world and yes, the lack of conviction within my own party, the Republican party. My heart is broken that our President (and his wife) would dare to defy the moral principles of the faith they say they embrace. I recall that the greatest legacy earlier parents wish to leave to their children was their deep faith and allegiance the holy principles of the faith.

Today, may pundits talk about the youth embracing same sex marriage. Many social scientists say the fact that these youth are unchurched and biblically illiterate, is not a good omen for a healthy society. Why should we give inexperienced youth, youth who have not had time to gather real wisdom, so much credibility on social issues? These pundits I believe want our society to return to paganism!

I pray as a society we shall take the truths of great men like St Paul St, Augustine. I believe our Lord and King Christ Jesus will be broken hearted also if the Supreme Court FORCES same sex marriage upon our great nation!

Elaine Graham,

Farmington

A photo in reverse

To the Editor:

I have finally figured out the sports history picture in the Feb. 27 Franklin Journal-the picture was developed backwards.

The skating rink is in back of the Ingalls School and was to the right of Perham Court and was about where the driveway from Middle Street for the present Mallett School is now and close to the fence.

I do not know when it was taken and who is in it. If this information is printed, I hope it will bring back memories for someone so they can tell you when and who.

The skating rink is going towards Quebec Street, not High Street as the picture indicates now as published. Perham Street is just beyond the houses. Perham Court ran from Perham Street to Middle Street in back of Ingalls School and was to the right of the snow bank where people are standing and sitting to the right in the pictures, but should be on the left with Perham Court going in back of them. The dark colored house is now a two story white house just beyond the school fence that you see as one drives in the Mallett School driveway from Middle Street.

Eloise Wallace, 

Farmington