Pulse

February 2008

Leaders of the Pack

Spreading diabetes education

Pulse editor

Kathy Marshall knows the power of education in the fight against diabetes. Diagnosed when she was 7, Marshall has lived with diabetes for 30 years..

"I was very young and very scared at the time. What I heard in diabetes was the word 'die,' " said Marshall, RN, CDE, coordinator of diabetes education at Southern Regional Health System in Riverdale ... more

EDITOR'S NOTES: Educators take on diabetes
Serving seniors

Born to climb

It's not unusual for students to work and put themselves through nursing school. But not many do it by climbing rock faces, rappelling down cliffs and hanging onto boulders.

Kate McGinnis, a neonatal intensive care nurse at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, said that she was born to climb ... more

Working 'Among Giants'

High-tech: Veteran OR nurse embraces modern tools

Judith L. Clayton, a clinician and an educator at Gwinnett Medical Center–Duluth, has been a perioperative nurse for 33 years.

"I've been a staff nurse, a scrub nurse, an educator, shift manager, supervisor and director — all in the same specialty," she said ... more