Love and Laughter: The Keys to Health JNJ Talks to Bernie Siegel

“You can not be afraid if you’re laughing.” So says Bernie Siegel, author of Love, Medicine, and Miracles, the groundbreaking book that convinced countless patients that they can help themselves heal. Siegel — quick to say, ‘Call me Bernie’ — was kind enough to sit down with the JNJ crew and share his thoughts on what he calls the keys to life: love and laughter.

“I was with a woman, shortly before she was scheduled to go into surgery. And she was so frightened, so very, very frightened. You could tell she was trying to cheer herself up when she looked around and said, ‘Well, thank God I have all these wonderful people around to take care of me!’ Read more

Doctors’ Opinion of The Financial Bail Out Package

The allergists voted to scratch it

And the dermatologists advised not to make any rash moves

The gastroenterologists had sort of a gut feeling about it

but the neurologists thought the administration had a lot of nerve,

and the obstetricians felt they were all laboring under a misconception

The opthalmologists considered the idea short sighted

while the pediatricians said, “Oh, grow up!”

The psychiatrists through the whole idea was madness

The radiologists could see right through it,

and the surgeons decided to wash their hands of the whole thing.

The internists thought it was a bitter pill to swallow,

and the plastic surgeons said, “This puts a whole new face on the matter!”

The podiatrists thought it was a step forward,

but the urologists thought the scheme wouldn’t hold water.

The anasthesiologists thought the whole idea was a gas,

and the cardiologists didn’t have the heart to say no.

In the end, the proctologists left the whole thing up to some assholes in Washington!

Getting Ready To Go!

As you can see from all the construction in these parts, we’re getting the new Journal of Nursing Jocularity ready to go!  It’s an exciting time: we’re lining up some of the funniest people we know to help JNJ bring smiles to your face. 

Any party’s only as good as the guests that come: that’s why we want to take a moment here, at the get go, to specially invite you along for the ride.  The original JNJ was by nurses, for nurses, and we want that to be the case again: who knows what makes us laugh better than we do?

So if you’ve got a funny story that happened on your floor, or have a tale to tell about the patient you had to see to believe or (and we know this one NEVER EVER happens!) an incident with a doctor that proved that maybe med school doesn’t teach you everything…let us know!  Send your jokes, stories, and funny tales to Cindy@journalofnursingjocularity.com  and if it makes our panel of celebrity judges crack a grin, we’ll include it in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Nursing Jocularity — and send you a Prize of Unspeakable Value!!!

Are you artistic?  Got a funny cartoon or visual gag?  We want to see those too!  Send us your work as a JPEG file, and we’ll put it before our panel of celebrity judges!

In your email, make sure to give me your name, let us know if you want your name used (it’s OK to be anonymous or use your initials!) and a mailing address to send your Prize of Unspeakable Value.

We can’t wait to see what you all come up with.  Nurses are really some of the funniest people on the planet: this is your chance to share what makes you laugh — and be part of the proud JNJ legacy!