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The Pulse

A NurseWeek Web Exclusive  

 

August 2002
 
Aide-de-campus
Ever wonder what becomes of those desperately ill children years after they leave pediatric intensive care?

Sherrill Bookey, RN, said she's found nothing more challenging and rewarding than the continuing care of one such boy, a second-grader in Anchorage, Alaska, as she discovers just how far some school districts will go in the care of their students.
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Take Heart
After he suffered the biggest disappointment of his life, Conrad Cordova, RN, took what he had left and parlayed it into a nursing career, first in cardiac intensive care and now as a cardiac inpatient educator. Read
 
True Grit
As it's been for 23 years running, Viola Ose, RN, spent the third week of July dressed in a Western blouse, bolo tie, boots and a cowboy hat, tending to professional cowboys at the "Daddy of 'em of All," the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo. Read
 
Rash Diagnosis
Bull's-eye.

Constance Dickey, RN, would have been right on if she had seen the trademark bull's-eye rash of Lyme disease. But she had a different rash, knew little about the disease, and was not overly concerned about it despite two tick bites. Read