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COVER STORY

She saw HOPE in HOSPICE
Florence Wald’s decision to resign her position as dean of Yale University School of Nursing in 1968 to lead a research study on the terminally ill led to the first U.S. hospice and better care for thousands.

You’ll know you’re a nurse when ...
Three years after graduating with a BSN degree, the author recalls unforgettable moments in her first year as an RN.

Nursing ethics and Hägar the Horrible
When faced with an ethical dilemma, choosing the right course of action is a challenge. A nursing professor provides perspective and guidance.

Killing as caring: Could it happen again?
Nursing is known as the caring profession, yet nurses participated in the Holocaust. The author describes the historical setting and challenges nurses to consider how they would respond.

Nursing home ethics: Inside out
The recipient of the 2004 AJN Book of the Year award for her book on nursing home ethics looks at some of those issues from another, very personal perspective.

Helping nurses make ethical decisions
The author, an International Council of Nurses consultant, describes an important resource: The ICN Code of Ethics for Nurses.

Portable health care
Diabetes lay educators provide essential support and health care information to a migrant population of farmworkers that winters in Texas, near the southern border of the United States, and summers in North Dakota and Minnesota, near the northern border.