An anecdote told at a UW Foundation-sponsored reception last week for the School of Nursing had a lot of heads nodding in agreement.
It was about the patient who said, “A physician saved my life, but nurses gave me my life back.”
Many people who have experienced the trauma of hospitalization would agree, but inexplicably the nursing profession has gotten short shrift, particularly here in Wisconsin. And now, just as the baby boomers begin to age, we’re faced with what could turn out to be a critical shortage of nurses.