WWI Museum honors nurses

The National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial shows the conflict through the eyes of nurses who served in the Great War.

“They played a very important role in the war, not just for the Americans but for other countries as well,” said Doran Cart, museum curator.

MNU nursing students raise funds for Guatemalan clinic

What if a group of college students raised enough money to build a medical clinic in Guatemala?

A couple of nursing students from MidAmerica Nazarene University, Olathe, Kan., asked themselves that question last year.

Samuel U. Rodgers expands

Every day before 8 a.m., families gather near the steps at 825 Euclid in Kansas City, Mo. They converse in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Bosnian, German, Croatian, Kurdish, and Arabic while they wait, many discussing their health.

“A lot of (my) family members were helped here,” said Raymond Elmonis, Kansas City, Mo.

Music helps patients heal

Close your eyes and visualize someplace peaceful. Now listen closely.

That’s what Janalea Hoffman told her audience.

“We listen through our muscles,” Hoffman said.

Nurses are not immune to insurance struggles

Nurses provide health care day in and day out for others, but there are some nurses who have no health care insurance themselves.

Beth Atkin, RN, BSN, works as a PRN nurse at Truman Medical Center.

Truman, like most hospitals, does not provide insurance for its PRN employees.

Nurse gets gift of life

Overland Park resident Sandy Edwards, ARNP, FNP-C, used to work on an organ harvest team and said she never expected to be on the other side of the table.

Things changed in December 2008.