Текст книги "The Nurses: A Year of Secrets, Drama, and Miracles with the Heroes of the Hospital"

Автор книги: Alexandra Robbins

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The author would like to thank the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists; the National Association of School Nurses; the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses; and allnurses.com for some of these dedications.

The following nurses were nominated by grateful patients and doctors or proud friends and family members. Each of these wonderful men and women is somebody’s nurse in shining armor.

Kristen Novack Abreu, Connecticut • Crystalyn Acosta, New York • Kerry Hancock Abdo, Ohio • Eileen Adair, Texas • Shari Adams, New York • Tina Adeldye, Washington, DC • Julie Adoranti, Texas • Fereshta Al Awadhi, United Arab Emirates • Candy Alfano, Arkansas • Ashley Allen, Virginia • Rhonda Allen, Indiana • Peggy Amaral, California • Angie Ames, Texas • Gail Andrews, Oklahoma • Zara Astarita, Virginia • Erica Avidano, New York • Ajarat Bada, California • Kate Baddoo-Osei, Washington, DC • Rose Bagford, Ohio • Courtney Baker, New York • Cindy Balderas, Oregon • Stephanie Baldwin, Nebraska • Carol Balentine, Kentucky • Jessica Marie Balraj, New York • Yana Banerjee, Pennsylvania • Celia Bardoff, Maryland • Bobbi Coburn Barnes, Pennsylvania • Faith Donhauser Barnhart, Pennsylvania • Heather Elizabeth Baron, New Jersey • Emily Barron, Pennsylvania • Ellen Fletcher Bass, Georgia • Karen Beal, California • Susan Becker, Michigan • Courtenay Begert, Washington, DC • Katherine Belt, California • Joanne Benedict, New York • Emylee Bennett, Virginia • Gail Bennett, Canada • Rebekah Bennett, New York • Valencia Bennett, Mississippi • Lorraine Bieser, Kansas • Linda Billings, Tennessee • Alice Bird, Maryland • Lisa Bishop, Tennessee • LTJG Holly Black, Massachusetts • Kim Black, Florida • Stan Boling, Tennessee • Marie Bolivar, Nevada • Melissa Boyd, Massachusetts • Lisa Boyle, Pennsylvania • Sue Brann, Ohio • Jan Brant, Maryland • Janice Breen, New York • Linda McCleary Brennstuhl, California • Leah Brines, Colorado • Alexandra Brown, Texas • Danielle C. Bruno, Tennessee • Jane Bucoy, New Hampshire • Lynn Burchell, Tennessee • Bill Burg, Texas • Kathy Measel Burgess, Minnesota • A. JoAnn Burket, Pennsylvania • Cam Burns, Colorado • Caroline M. Burns, Pennsylvania • Meagan Burns, Colorado • Briana Bush, Utah • Shannon Butler, Illinois • Sissel Byington, California • Janet Cadogan, New York • Rosallie Torres Cajulis, Virginia • Meghan Canning, New Jersey • Jaime Cannon, Alabama • Marilyn Cappillino, New York • Max M. Careiro, Florida • Robyn Cash, Texas • Becky Castruita, Texas • Samantha Ceponis, New Jersey • Julie Cernosek, Washington, DC • Rachel Chen, California • Kristi A. Cherry, Washington, DC • Lani Ching, California • Deanna Christensen, Texas • Kristen Chun, New York • Genie Chung, Virginia • Olivia Cimino, Washington, DC • Barbara Clarke, Michigan • Eugene Clay, Mississippi • Maggie Coakley, Maryland • Nan Campbell Coleman, Virginia • Dawn Collazo, Texas • Lauren J. Connors, Washington, DC • Trish Cooper, Kentucky • Stacy Cornelius, Pennsylvania • Connie Corrigan, Pennsylvania • Ilia Cosentino, New Jersey • Diana Costine, New York • Lindsay Coursen, Washington, DC • Megan Raley Crandel, Washington, DC • Ann Suttle Crim, Tennessee • Amy J. Crocker, Massachusetts • Kate Crooks, Connecticut • Shelby Taylor Cross, Virginia • Nicole Croyle, Connecticut • Nancy Cusmano, North Carolina • Karen Daniels, Washington • Allison Danks, New York • Jocelyn Datud, Maryland • Jonabell Datud, Maryland • Joselito Datud, Philippines • Yasmin Davidson, New York • Meagan Chase Davis, Oklahoma • Shana DeBoe, Pennsylvania • Melanie Witherspoon Decap, Illinois • Tomika Dedeaux, Mississippi • Marina Dedivanovic, New York • Ciji Boone Dellinger, North Carolina • James DeMaria, New York • Kricket Detterline, Pennsylvania • Kierstin Colby Devine, Washington • Lourdes Diaz, New York • Maria E. Diaz, California • Oswaldo Diaz, California • Dorothy Dickey, Georgia • Remy Dirige, California • Nena Ditrani, New Jersey • Colleen P. Ditro, Delaware • Katharine Dixon, Washington, DC • Patricia Dixon, Washington, DC • Aubrey D’Onofrio, Pennsylvania • Nita Murry Dotson, Texas • Jane Driscoll, California • John Drislane, New York • Roger Dulude Jr., Connecticut • Dahalia A. Dunbar, New York • Melissa Tolley Dunleavy, Pennsylvania • Katie Dunn, Maryland • Dawn K. Dust, Georgia • Diane Edman, Maryland • John Ekelund, Maryland • Jillene Eliassen, Colorado • Christy Ann Elwood, Georgia • Johanna Emory, Virginia • Leni Engels, Florida • Karen Erdmann, Washington • Maria Erspamer, Arizona • Melecia Escobar, Pennsylvania • Mary Jean Essenmacher, Michigan • Anita Ewing, New York • Lori Fadden, Pennsylvania • Megan Faircloth, Florida • Jeannette Pugh Falconer, North Carolina • Lane Gotten Faughnan, Tennessee • Deirdre Fennely, Vermont • Rose Ferrari, Massachusetts • Anne Hemingway Feuer, Florida • Jacqueline Ficht, California • Sonya Fiebig, Washington, DC • Maggie Hass Finke, Washington, DC • Carrie Flanagan, Ireland • Neome Flores, Texas • Allison Folker, New Jersey • Philomena Fonollosa, New Jersey • Susana Font-Fontenot, Texas • Mary Ford, Washington, DC • Sharda Fornnarino, Colorado • Courtney Foster, Mississippi • Diana Fox, Washington, DC • Colleen Frampton, Louisiana • Hazel Shirley Francis, New York • Loretta Francis, Washington, DC • Lisa M. Freeman, South Carolina • Jennifer Freiwald, Florida • Andrea Froehlich, New York • Denise Furey, Pennsylvania • Cindy Garrison, Arizona • Amanda Gaston, Tennessee • Binnur Genc, Washington, DC • Monica Gerhardt, Maryland • Judith Gielissen, Wisconsin • Bernadette Gleichenhaus, Maine • Marci Glenney, Georgia • Ashley Goar, Texas • Leslie A. Gonce, Pennsylvania • Angela Goodman, North Carolina • Amanda Gordon, Massachusetts • Danielle Greco, New York • Jesse Greenberg, New York • Tricia Greene, Nebraska • Sabrena Greenewald, California • Debbie Greengrass, New Jersey • Julie Shapiro Gray, Florida • Denise Gruccio, Pennsylvania • Kathy Guilfoyle, Michigan • Megan Gulotta, New York • Bob Gwozdz, Massachusetts • Rob Gwozdz, California • Carrie Hahndorf, Virginia • Bronwyn Haines, Washington, DC • Beth Hall, Pennsylvania • Julia Halper, Colorado • Amy Haltom, Louisiana • Jennifer Hamilton, Mississippi • Julie Harab, Pennsylvania • Kimberly Hansard-Bailey, New York • Julie Harrington, Illinois • Jennifer Harris, Canada • Emily Harvey, Texas • Patricia Hauser, New Jersey • Mary Sue Hawkins, Virginia • Stephanie L. Hawthorne, Pennsylvania • Jennifer Nealon Heibel, Maryland • Melissa Helmkamp, Indiana • Tara Helmkamp, Arizona • Chermir Henderson, Pennsylvania • Yolanda Herlich, California • Louise Hesse, Nevada • Beverly Hicks, Ohio • Marissa Hicks, Washington, DC • Emyline Hiraki, Hawaii • Sarah Doss Holby, Washington, DC • Susan Hollerbach, New Jersey • Katie Holmes, Texas • Beth Houck, New Jersey • Susan Howard, Virginia • Anne Howe, New Hampshire • Retona Howell, Washington, DC • Rachel Hudson, Maryland • Debbie Hulvey, Ohio • Susan Immesoete, New York • Shamaila Iqbal, Virginia • LaTonya Ivy, Arkansas • Mary Lou Jackson, Connecticut • Jaime Jacobs, Maryland • Becca Jacoby, California • 2LT Lyndsay Thomasson Jeanes, Michigan • Rodney Jersak, Canada • Philomina John, Pennsylvania • Jennifer Johnson, New York • Veronica Johnson, Georgia • Christine Carlisle Jones, Montana • Paige Jones, Pennsylvania • Shirley Ann Jones, Arizona • Soo-Ae Jones, Massachusetts • Peachy Judloman, Washington, DC • Geraldine Kaminsky, New Jersey • Angela Karman, New York • Ali Karpa, Maryland • David Katz, Pennsylvania • Michelle Keays, Nebraska • Macey Keifrider, Washington, DC • Christine Keller, Missouri • Jackie Kelley, Arkansas • Barbara Joyce Kemper, Indiana • Cerone Kent, Washington, DC • Cheryl Kester, Kansas • Joanna Kim, Washington, DC • Millie King, Canada • Betty Johns Kirkpatrick, US Army 1st Lt., Pennsylvania • Mary Zellner Kish, Pennsylvania • Kathleen Klaus, Pennsylvania • Jessica Koduru, California • Emily Kohnke, California • Genevieve Komisarz, Florida • Elizabeth Konieczny, Pennsylvania • Jenna Korchinski, Ohio • Cheryl Kosits, California • Pauline Kovich, Illinois • Lorraine Krautwurst, Maryland • Challis Krulewitz, Massachusetts • Mike Kurz, Montana • Laura Kuss, Georgia • Jason LaForest, Massachusetts • Stephanie Langan, New Jersey • Doreen LaPlante, California • Gilmer Latorre, California • Rosalia Latorre, California • Silvia Latorre, California • Whitman Latorre, California • Jane Lau, Ohio • Chelsea Laufer, Pennsylvania • Pauline Zepel Leavitt, New York • Anne Schneider Leber, Maryland • Karen Leef, New Jersey • Christianne Supan Legasto, New York • Kristin Leonardi-Warren, Colorado • Angie Levesque, Idaho • Cecilia Lewis, California • Cathy Licitra, New York • Sandra Tosti Linebarger, California • Jean Linstrom, California • Terri H. Lipman, Pennsylvania • Joan M. Loch, Pennsylvania • Deb Long, Virginia • Marlena Lopez, Arizona • Emily Lorber, California • Jalpa Lotia, New Jersey • Gretchen Luke, Virginia • Cailee Luttinger, Washington, DC • Megan Lynch, Florida • Patricia Lynch, New York • Holly MacNamara, New York • Kathleen P. Madson, Washington • Lindsey Schaefer Magnuson, South Dakota • Meg Mallari, Washington, DC • Linda A. March, New Hampshire • Chanel Marraccini, New Mexico • Karon Martel, Michigan • Katie Martel, Michigan • Michael Martel, Michigan • Lucile Martin, Georgia • Mary Lou Martin, New York • Cathleen Masterson, New Jersey • Sharon Mattern, Texas • Margaret Matthews, Pennsylvania • Cathy May, Tennessee • Dana McCommon, Mississippi • LaVeta Darline Holmes McGary, Texas • Mary McGraw, Texas • Sherry McGrew, Ohio • Joyce McIntyre, Connecticut • Lyndsy McIntyre, Vermont • Angel McKinness, Tennessee • Marie McLaughlin Boyle, New York • Amanda McNally, Idaho • Stefanie McReynolds, Michigan • Emily McWilliams, Maryland • Cindy Melniszyn, Pennsylvania • Jan Menefee, Washington, DC • Bonnie Miles, Maryland • Stacy Miller, New York • Valerie Millerick, New York • Jana Mock, Texas • Paula Mocrief, Washington, DC • Jayne Moggio, Pennsylvania • Pamela Monteiro, Minnesota • Alex Montes, Alabama • Elissa Moorer, Delaware • Marla Mora, New York • Michelle Kolb Morgan, New York • Sherry Morgan, California • Janna Morris, Minnesota • Amy L. Motz, Washington, DC • Jay Mounteer, New York • Heidi Mt. Pleasant, New York • Marilyn Mt. Pleasant, New York • Sandi Mt. Pleasant, New York • Debbie Mull, South Carolina • Tye Mullikin, Maryland • Kathryn M. Murphy, Pennsylvania • Lynda Murphy, New York • Sheila Murphy, New York • Rachel Murray, Virginia • Dorothy Naidu, California • Amy Nation, Florida • Kimberly Navarro, Texas • Leigh-Ann Hill Neal, North Carolina • Katelyn Nelson, New York • Conni Nevills, Washington, DC • Angelita Nixon, West Virginia • Mahmoud Nur, Washington, DC • Eva Oakes, Maryland • Debra K. Oberer, Ohio • Karen Obermiller, Florida • Kathleen O’Brien, Georgia • Jerek V. Obry, Wisconsin • Ashley O’Connor, Pennsylvania • Oluwatoyin Odukoya, Nigeria • Susie O’Hara, Massachusetts • Helen O’Keeffe, New York • Melanie Olson, Vermont • Victoria Ombuna, Minnesota • Alyson Timlin O’Neil, Maryland • Dianne Mitchell O’Neill, Maryland • Julie Overbey, Tennessee • Betty Overby, Washington, DC • Linda Overstreet-Peel, Missouri • Gloria Pacelli, California • Dana Musser Parker, Washington, DC • Maire Patterson, Washington, DC • Bethany Payne, Washington, DC • Barbara Peace, Texas • Raynell Pearson, North Carolina • Marian Pelligrini, Washington, DC • Katherine Penniall, California • Kate Emerson Pennington, Tennessee • Kristy Pereira, Massachusetts • Amy Peterson, Washington, DC • Phyllis Peterson, Kansas • Jaime Pfeiffer, Illinois • Dorothy Phelps, Washington • Paula Phillips, Illinois • Brenda Pierce, Louisiana • Donna Pietropaolo, Massachusetts • Michelle Pisapia, Massachusetts • Linda Plante, Colorado • Hillary Poe, Kentucky • Suzanne Leber Poll, Maryland • Marla Pollard, Canada • Pat Pollock, New York • Mary Ponesse, New York • Eileen Ponto, New York • Katie Poppert, Colorado • Hanna Rae Pordy, Florida • Lori Powers, Maryland • Joyce Pratt, Maryland • Joyce Pratt, Washington, DC • Michelle Prim, Washington • Nell Berens Prosise, California • Allyson Protil, Virginia • Emylee Protil, Virginia • Katie Quick, Virginia • Anna Quinn, Maryland • Elana Quiroga, New Jersey • Nancy Carter Raggio, Arkansas • Cindi Raglin, Virginia • Ernestine Ralls, Tennessee • Magdalene Raven, Wisconsin • Thomas P. Raven, Wisconsin • Jennifer Rea, Washington, DC • Connie Reed, Pennsylvania • Susan Sutley Reed, Arkansas • Tony Reed, Mississippi • Vera Reed, Maryland • Susie Reed-McCullough, Maryland • Deirdre (DeDe) Regner, North Carolina • Erin Reilly, Washington, DC • Chelsea Reimer, Florida • Susan Renz, Pennsylvania • Mary Reus, Maryland • Johnna Ritchey, Pennsylvania • Jeff Ritter, Washington, DC • Caroline Leber Rivers, Washington, DC • Siama Rizvi-Sayed, Maryland • Debra Robbins, New York • Venessa Robles¸ Texas • Carla Rockliff, New Jersey • Ruth M. Roesler, Wisconsin • Beverly Rogers, Kansas • Karen Ronan, New York • Daniel Rooney, Texas • Laurie Rosa, New Hampshire • Natalie Rosenberg, Delaware • Becky Ross, Mississippi • Lawanda Ross-Patterson, Mississippi • Nancy Roth, Utah • David Rupert, Texas • Guadalupe Rupert, Texas • Kristen Sada, California • Rebecca Sander, Kansas • Catherine Sanders, Virginia • Helen Sandoval, Maryland • Jenny Sandoval, North Carolina • Roberto Santiago, Texas • Ginny Sasser, Virginia • Hina Sayed, Maryland • Nadia Sayed, Maryland • Melanie Sayre, Virginia • Jaclyn Schaller, Wisconsin • Robin Shecter, Massachusetts • Lisa M. Schmidt, New York • Melissa Schmidt, Minnesota • Stephanie Schneider, Washington, DC • Molly Schmitt, Pennsylvania • Susan Schottland, Maryland • Larry Schramm, Pennsylvania • Bonnie Scianna, New York • Kathleen Schroeder, Illinois • Anna Basich Scott, Washington • Jennifer Scribner, Tennessee • Pam Segerson, Washington, DC • Tricia Martoncik Seithel, Arizona • Kisha Semenuk, Washington, DC • Ashley Servi, Wisconsin • Marilyn Shapiro, Florida • Miller Sherling, Washington • Carie Ayers Siegfried, Florida • Gail Silverman, California • Jennifer Silvey, California • Taryn Singer, New York • Tracy Sivec, Pennsylvania • Allison Skornik, Oregon • Jane Slacter, Maryland • Irma Smith, Colorado • Judy Smith, Connecticut • Loretta Smith, Arkansas • Sarah Payne Smith, Maryland • Tami Smith, Tennessee • Rose Snyder, Michigan • Catherine Soriano, Washington, DC • Soo Jung Sparks, Washington, DC • Pat Spaulding, Virginia • Guadalupe Perez Stabler, New York • Catherine Steinhauser, New Jersey • Catherine Stevenson, Pennsylvania • Kelly Ann Stock, Idaho • Liz Stocksdale, Washington, DC • Peggy Touey Stohler, Pennsylvania • Margaret Stuart, New York • Sheri Stuart, California • Jen Sturges, Oregon • Janet Stutzman, New Jersey • Michelle Suddath, Texas • Peggy Surratt, Washington, DC • Mikkii Cassem Swanson, Tennessee • Lindsey Sweeney, Maryland • Cindy Talerico, New Jersey • Jean Tatten, Nebraska • Gloria Teunisse, California • Leslie Thomas, North Carolina • Lisa Thomas, Virginia • Pup Thomas, Washington, DC • Mercy Thompson, Washington, DC • Andrea R. Thornton, Virginia • Michelle Timmer, Maryland • Laura Toews, Washington, DC • Virginia “Jean” Panelo Tomaneng, California • Maria H. Torpey, Pennsylvania • Susan Tramazzo, Florida • Jenny Trawick, Washington, DC • Miriam S. Trimble, Connecticut • Lana Troung, Washington, DC • Sheila Tucker, Utah • Diane Turner, Mississippi • Susana Valles Umel, California • Suzanne Underhill, New Jersey • Carissa Urbat, Washington • Karl V. Uriarte, New Jersey • Patty Utter-Garansuay, Texas • Kristen Van Cleave, Africa • Audrey Willems Van Dijk, Missouri • Julie Willems Van Dijk, Wisconsin • Vanessa Williamson, Texas • Katie Wooten-Bielski, Pennsylvania • Barbara Van Horn, New Jersey • Linda Vann, Maryland • Elenita Velasco, California • Karen Vincent, Maryland • Leah Viogolo, New York • Gretchen Virkler, New York • Maria DeCleene Vlach, Wisconsin • Julia Volcjak, Washington, DC • Taylor Vozza, New Jersey • Maria Wagner, New Jersey • Ashlyn Wallace, Washington, DC • Katy Russell Walpole, Connecticut • Beth Metzger Walsh, California • Kara Warner, Massachusetts • Ashley Nicole Warren, New Jersey • Elizabeth Weber, Texas • Sarah Weber, Canada • Jean S. Welch, Kentucky • Kathy Wertz, Washington, DC • Laurel M. West, Virginia • Geri Westad, California • Mara Casarez Weston, Michigan • Amber Whaley, Pennsylvania • Gwen Wheeler, Tennessee • Natacha Yanick Wheeler, Maryland • Erica Emig White, Minnesota • Lucie White, Washington, DC • Maggie White, Washington, DC • Therese White, Maryland • Dale Whiting, Kentucky • Maryann Duffy Whittaker, Florida • Elizabeth Bartz Wiener, Hawaii • Carisa Wilburn, Mississippi • Sharon Wild, Colorado • Cheryl Wille, New York • Linda Williams-Patterson, Mississippi • Nadia Wilson, Mississippi • Anne Wiltshire, Maryland • Leticia Williams, Mississippi • Meghan Williams, West Virginia • Katelyn Willis, New York • Cristina Withmory, California • Natalie Yao, Georgia • Shannon Roberts Yeardley, Colorado • Kristina Thompson Yocum, New Jersey • Diane Yorke, North Carolina • DeAlice Young, Mississippi • Josh Young, Washington, DC • Elizabeth Zagar, Washington, DC • Meri Zaumseil, California • Eve S. Zeff, California • Ann Zelenak, Virginia • Vicki Zimmerman, New York • Inarose Ries Zuelke, Oregon • Susie Zuelke, Washington • Rebecca Zylber, New York

Acknowledgments

Reuniting with Mary Ellen O’Neill—wise, funny, and irresistible—felt like coming home. I could rhapsodize for pages about this remarkable woman, but she told me to keep the word count no longer than the last book we did together. I also was lured to Workman by the prospect of pairing again with amazingly talented marketing guru Jessica Wiener. I wish Peter Workman, who gamely agreed to open his magical publishing doors to narrative nonfiction, were alive to see this through. On some level, he must have intuited that, for me, a publishing house adorned with Star Wars paraphernalia, Cookie Monster bookmarks, in-progress robot prototypes, and a giant stuffed chicken is the publishing house of my dreams. I thank dynamo Carolan Workman, who plays a mean kazoo, for the warm welcome.

I have been fortunate to be on the same team as the smart, wonderful Suzie Bolotin, and the fun, creative publicity duo of Selina Meere and Noreen Herits. I’m also thankful to Page Edmunds, Michael Rockliff, Claire McKean, Beth Levy, Vaughn Andrews, Becky Terhune, and Heather Schwedel. I’m indebted to the hardworking booksellers and sales reps, many of whom told me personal stories about nurses, and to Michael Prevett, Gail Ross, Howard Yoon, and Anna Sproul-Latimer for their tireless efforts.

I am so grateful to my manuscript readers, who generously spent countless hours poring over unedited text: my Mom, my husband, my sister, and my friend Laura (all errors are mine). My Dad and brother are unwavering in their support and humor, which both are crucial to my writing and well-being.

Researcher Ali Eaves, who spent a summer assisting with research and reporting, was the best right-hand woman an author could ask for; her work was vital to this book. Semester interns Shaina Cavazos and Steffi Lee cheerfully tracked down stats and sources. Dave Holbrook and Krissy Hudgins offered sharp, helpful critiques of the essay on patient satisfaction.

I am lucky to know Denise Wills, for her friendship and for teaching me to be a better reporter and writer each time we collaborate, and the G.N.O. girls: Chrissy, Charlotte, Eliza, Jesse, Laura, Yvonne, Gwen, Danielle, and always Amy L. from afar. And I send an appreciative salute to Eva, my own nurse in shining armor.

Molly, Juliette, Lara, and Sam were generous with their time, stories, and patience, particularly when we reached the fact-checking stage. I hope they are as proud of this finished work as I am to know these incredible nurses.

My Facebook readers are awesome. They are supportive, thoughtful, interactive, and interesting. I particularly want to call out Andrew P.D.G. Everett for locating an elusive article and for helping to fact-check statistical analyses, Melinda Lundquist Denton (statistical analysis), Alexandra Markus (sourcing assistance), Andrew Eppstein, and Chip Decker (medical fact-checking). You, too, can join our fun at www.facebook.com/AuthorAlexandraRobbins or follow me on Twitter @AlexndraRobbins.

Thank you to my family with all of my heart. You know how I feel. And my eternal gratitude and devotion go to my husband: my rock, my best friend, and the love of my life.