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Performing CPR and holding hands. Interview by Barbara Sibbald. 1999

J MacDonald

A while back, ER nurse Janet MacDonald was caring for an elderly woman who had suffered a small stroke. The woman was scheduled for a CT scan the next morning, but when MacDonald told her she'd have to go home she became very upset and said she was scared. Very scared. "It was like a slap in the face," says MacDonald, who realized she wasn't caring for the patient's needs, just the hospital's. The nurse in charge agreed the woman needed to stay and they found a place for her.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009723	Nurse-Patient Relations	Interaction between the patient and nurse.	Nurse Patient Relations,Nurse Patient Relationship,Nurse Patient Relationships,Nurse-Patient Relation,Patient Relations, Nurse,Patient Relationship, Nurse,Patient Relationships, Nurse,Relations, Nurse Patient,Relations, Nurse-Patient,Relationship, Nurse Patient,Relationships, Nurse Patient
D009741	Nursing Staff, Hospital	Personnel who provide nursing service to patients in a hospital.	Hospital Nursing Staff,Hospital Nursing Staffs,Nursing Staffs, Hospital,Staff, Hospital Nursing,Staffs, Hospital Nursing
D005181	Faculty, Nursing	The teaching staff and members of the administrative staff having academic rank in a nursing school.	Nursing Faculty,Faculties, Nursing,Nursing Faculties
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001291	Attitude of Health Personnel	Attitudes of personnel toward their patients, other professionals, toward the medical care system, etc.	Staff Attitude,Attitude, Staff,Attitudes, Staff,Health Personnel Attitude,Health Personnel Attitudes,Staff Attitudes
D016529	Emergency Nursing	The specialty or practice of nursing in the care of patients admitted to the emergency department.	Emergency Room Nursing,Nursing, Emergency,Nursing, Emergency Room