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Your World
Mother,daughtershareloveofcaring
with DebbieMcClay
and ErinHeavin
Debbie McClay, mother
Position: Registered nurse, St.Vincent
Hospital cardiac rehabilitation
Age: 53
Education: Wishard School of Nursing
Erin Heavin, daughter
Position: Registered nurse, St.Vincent
Women’s Hospital NICU
MillerAge: 25
RichEducation: Purdue University
Photo:
Debbie McClay(left)and her daughter,ErinHeavin,are nurses at St.Vincent Hospital.
Why did the two of you decide to prouder of her than I am now. Erin is that this is where I started out.To be able to
become nurses? really caring and kind and able t o r e l a t e share that with families is really rewarding
Debbie: “I took a candy-striping class in to her patients.” for me. It’s really good for the families, to
high school, and I really liked it. Now I get have them look down the road and see that
to talk to patients as they’re recovering, and Erin was premature and spent six things can turn out OK.”
IfeelIcanmakeanimpactonhowtheylive weeks in the NICU as a baby. How has
the rest of their lives.” that experience affected the way you What is it like to work together?
Erin: “I grew up surrounded by nurses. approach nursing? Erin: “It’s a comfort that, working at a big
They were all women that I really respected, Debbie: “You realize how important the hospital, I know my mom is there.”
and I thought, ‘I want to be like them when work is. Sometimes when you do something Debbie: “Sometimes Erin will relate one
Igrowup.’” on a daily basis, every day, you forget that of the tiniest things that one of our patients
it’s routine to you but it’s not routine to the said or did. [As a nurse,] I understand why
What happened when Erin people who are having it done. Each person that is such a big deal.That’s really nice,
made her career choice? is having a new experience, and it’s different just to have that special something you can
Debbie: “I never envisioned Erin would for each person.” share with her, even though she has her own
be a nurse, but I don’t think I could be Erin: “I have that special connection — husband and family.” —AshleyPetry
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