Table of Contents
Prologue 1
Chapter 1 Earning our Caps 3
Chapter 2 Serves 13
Chapter 3 Graduation 33
Chapter 4 Boards 40
Chapter 5 Navy Wife and my on again off again start in nursing 43
Chapter 6 California 57
Chapter 7 Home to Canonsburg 70
Chapter 8 Supervisor 78
Chapter 9 The Early Years 89
Chapter 10 Call Security 95
Chapter 11 The Move 100
Chapter 12 New Hospital 105
Chapter 13 Patient Increase 109
Chapter 14 The Evacuation 116
Chapter 15 Picnics 122
Chapter 16 Back to Class 125
Chapter 17 The Deposition 134
Chapter 18 Changing Times 138
Chapter 19 The Strike 143
Chapter 20 IV Team 148
Chapter 21 Cardiac Arrest Data 155
Chapter 22 Halloween Trail 158
Chapter 23 "I want to speak to the Supervisor." 162
Chapter 24 Family Experiences 167
Chapter 25 New Ambulatory Care Center 175
Chapter 26 Time to be a Daughter 179
Chapter 27 Patient Privacy 184
Chapter 28 Into the Next Millennium 188
Chapter 29 PT 197
Chapter 30 Night without Power 200
Chapter 31 The Unexplained 206
Chapter 32 With a Little Help from my Friends (The Snowstorm) 211
Chapter 33 Rough Start to a Good Move 216
Chapter 34 New Network 222
Chapter 35 The Rewards 228
Chapter 36 Retirement 231
Postscript 235
Acknowledgements 237