Stage 4 melanoma. After Kathleen Gamblin heard her father's cancer diagnosis in June 2007, she blocked out everything else the doctor said — and she's an oncology nurse.
That's how hard a cancer diagnosis hits. Before patients and their families can adjust to the shock of cancer, they are bombarded with information about tests, specialists, surgery schedules and treatment options ... more
Shabana Tharwani, RN, believes she was born to work in the medical field. She grew up surrounded by physicians and pharmacists in her family, and she entered medical school after graduating from high school in India.
Before graduating from medical school, she married Nizar Tharwani and moved to the United States ... more
Mr. Field is not having a good day. First, a metal girder fell on his leg at a construction site, and he landed in a hospital emergency room. Then, after being stabilized in the ER and moved to another floor, he began to have chest pains.
Fortunately, Mr. Field is a patient simulator. Still, his medical problems are just what the doctor ordered to help Emory University's medical and nursing students learn to work as a team ... more