From Care to Calling: How a Nurse’s Small Act Became a Lifelong Inspiration

From Care to Calling: How a Nurse’s Small Act Became a Lifelong Inspiration

Often, the simplest questions lead to the greatest moments of reflection and growth. While serving on a recent panel discussion, I was asked how I knew I wanted to be a nurse? The question offered me the opportunity to reflect on the butterfly effect of one nurse’s actions on the future of a teenage girl. A mother’s sudden illness I was 17 years old, a junior in high school, and growing increasingly excited about my first prom. The dress was pic…