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For a list of all the ways technology has failed
to improve the quality of life,
please press three.
~ Alice Kahn, journalist, wit and now N.P.
HWO?
From Kaiser's web site:
Education:
BA English Literature, Columbia University, 1965;
BSN, Nursing, California State University, Hayward, 1973;
Women's Health, Nurse Practitioner, University of California, San Francisco 1974;
Adult Health Nurse Practitioner, University of California, San Francisco 1975.
Joined Kaiser in: 1995
Other languages: Un Poco Espanol
Outside interests: Great Literature; bad TV
If you've ever used the term "yuppie," you've quoted Alice Kahn, NP, who works in Addiction Medicine in Oakland. Alice was the first to coin the phrase, which refers to Young, Upwardly Mobile Professionals.
That was in her other life, the one where she was a prolific and popular journalist, columnist, and author. Known throughout the 1980s as one of the sharpest satirists around, Alice was being wined and dined by the likes of newspaper publishers and movie stars.
She became a nurse in the 1970s as the Women's Movement was coming of age.
She was a member of Berkeley's Women's Health Collective, and was strongly influenced by the then-radical notion that women had specific health needs being ignored by the mainstream medical establishment.
She wrote a few columns for local publications about her views on the subject, and suddenly found herself with a new vocation.
"I felt I couldn't be flamboyant and goofy as a nurse practitioner, but I sure could be as a writer," Alice said.
She became a full-time writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, had her own column, and began writing satirical stories about young professionals, using the fictional couple Dirk and Bree, the first "yuppies." Her career blossomed and she went on to publish five books, including one novel. But the spotlight eventually took its toll.
"From what I tasted of celebrity," she said, "it was horrifying. I didn't like strangers coming up to me and saying, 'Hi.' I got more attention than I bargained for."
So when a friend told her that KP was hiring nurses, she jumped back into her previous career. And she loves her work.
"There's a real satisfaction in giving A-plus care to those who have been treated like D-minus people because of their addiction," she said. "We help everyone from lawyers to people sleeping under bridges. And the best part is, people get better."
Her fondness for the program is clear as she points out the charms of the Victorian building where Addiction Medicine is housed.
"People expect this program to be in a basement or something," she said. "But look around… this is the nicest facility in Oakland. We have to restore a sense of worth and dignity to our patients, and this is a good start."
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My Favorites
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focuspuller
Jan 11, 2007
Sea Cliff, Long Island,, NY
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squeegee
Jan 10, 2007
Dallas, TX
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apuntes
Jan 10, 2007
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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aebas
Jan 09, 2007
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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