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In Touch| Volume 11, ISSUE 4, P294-295, May 2010

Three Graveyard Shifts as a Nurse's Aide: Lessons of a Lifetime

  • Kate L. Lapane
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    Address correspondence to Kate L. Lapane, PhD, Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, 830 East Main Street, 5th Floor, Richmond, VA 23298.
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    Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, 830 East Main Street, 5th Floor, Richmond, VA 23298
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      I was just 18 years old in 1984. Between my freshman and sophomore years of college, I had no prospects, no skills, but lots of motivation to work hard. Pell Grants and loans didn't cover the costs of a college education; my mom earned less than the cost of my tuition. Financial help from home was simply not an option.
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