Summary
First, she wanted to be a teacher. Then, she wanted to be a nurse. She never dreamed she'd get the opportunity to do both. The thought of her good fortune unleashes grateful tears to this day.
The student voted "Miss Bedside" graduated with a registered nurse diploma from the old Charleston General Hospital School of Nursing in 1969, an era of pristine caps, starched white uniforms and rigid professional standards.See the full content of this document
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Innerviews: ; 'God Let Me Teach'
In 1976, after working several years as a nurse at General, she took a pay cut for the privilege of teaching LPN students at Garnet Career Center. In 1983, she moved up to program administrator.
Now, at 61, the need to help her mother supersedes her utopian best-of-both-worlds career. On June 30, she's retiring. The idea wrenches her heart. To ease the sadness, she...See the full content of this document
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