History teaches us many lessons

Francene Cosman has held many positions over her life. Cabinet Minister, Mayor of Bedford and business woman. But her first career began after graduating from nursing school in New Brunswick. And that chapter of her life right out out of high school is the focus of 'Nurse! a memoir' (OC Publishing). She discusses the way nurses were taught and the types of things they had to do in the 1960's, long before technology took hold. As well, she offers a few thoughts on how the lessons from the past may help us in our current health care crisis. Cosman also reflects on the change in the political discourse since she left government in 1999.