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People will tell youthatanybody would do the
same thing in atough situation. B ut nurses are
better qualified than mosttoprovide decisive
leadership,care and compassion to those in need.
Hereare severalstories about nurses who
continue to makeadifferenceand help others
while off the clock and even on hiatus.
Caring for companions | crates from friends and organizationsIn June 2008
for the smaller ones. Fans wereprovidedAngie Madden, RN, with the Ambulatory
to make the animals morecomfortableSurgeryCenter at St.Francis Hospital–
on the backofaflatbed truck. A nimalsMooresville,received acallfor help.An
and owners alike proved to be modelAmerican Red Cross unit was setting
“patients.”up an emergencycenter at Eastview
“Somanypeople werejovial andChristian Church to help victims of one
appreciativeofeveryonethat wasof the state’s worst floods. She headed out
helping out,” Madden said. “You t akeexpecting to use her nursing skills, but the
that with you. It made me think a boutgreater need was for someone to o rganize
howIwould react in asimilar situationcare for the 10 dogs and six cats that had
and howmyattitude affects thoseaccompanied their owners to the shelter.
around me.”“I was morethan willing to do that,” ital
ospThe experience gaveMadden aMadden said. “I had a10-year-old Husky,
better appreciationfor the holisticso Iknewwhat it would be like a sapet Francis
t.natureofnursing care.owner —trying to find shelter forthe
ySbnight while not knowing what was going
“Ithelped me to be more videdto happen to your pet.”
procompassionate,because yourealizeMadden created makeshiftpens for
[people] haveother issues going on Photosthe larger animals and gathered dog
Above:Angie Madden
Left: Nathan LowderContinued on Page 18
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