She did display many of the characteristics of both illness. It may be interesting to note that Marilyns mother spent most of her life in hospital due to paranoid schizophrenia and both of her grandparents suffered from some form of mental illness.
Each year on March 19th, certified nurses are honored with their own special day of recognition. The Pediatric Nursing Certification Board supports this important event and has joined the Certified Nurses Day Coalition.
Motherâs Day becomes a forum for the call to return to a more traditional way of life. The promotion of a day to honor mothers began with two women, Ann Reeves Jarvis and Julia Ward Howe. The time was the latter half of the 19th century, when economic and social conditions were quite different from todayâs.