Nurses and Their Patients: Compassion and Commitment

You will meet many interesting people in these 12 short stories based on my experiences as a community health nurse. The individuals, their families, and their communities are all different. The one thing they have in common is their caring and sense of commitment to themselves, their families, and their neighborhoods. Melissa is a teenager with Down Syndrome. She attends a school for children with special needs where she meets a school nurse, Mr. Dave. He talks with her about the meaning o...