How Heroes Saved My Life

[...]for some reason, even though this isn't even a bad day - it's pretty standard fare; you keep coming back for more. Because you are a pediatric nurse, that's why. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) approved the first pediatric HIV drug trial, and I was eligible. Knowing that...

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Published in:Pediatric nursing 2016-11, Vol.42 (6), p.310-311
Main Author: Gentille, Jamie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Blood transfusions
Defects
Families & family life
Gentille, Jamie
Heart surgery
HIV
Hospitals
Human immunodeficiency virus
Inspiration
Nurses
Nursing
Parents
Parents & parenting
Patients
Pediatrics
Physicians
Surgery
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Summary:[...]for some reason, even though this isn't even a bad day - it's pretty standard fare; you keep coming back for more. Because you are a pediatric nurse, that's why. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) approved the first pediatric HIV drug trial, and I was eligible. Knowing that I would have to start a vigorous drug protocol at a brand new hospital, my parents knew that they had to tell me in no uncertain terms that I was HIV-positive. [...]that point, I was living in spoiled-child la-la land, but things were about to get real. Inspirations is a column dedicated to offering short stories or bits of advice from pediatric nurses, other health care professionals, educators, administrators, and/or students that will fuel imaginations and stimulate ideas of other nurses.
ISSN:0097-9805