Here is something to ponder:  What do you do as a nursing student (or a nurse) when one of your parents is diagnosed with a life-threatening disease? Such was the case for me in early 1998 when my dad was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. I was in the first year of my practical nurse schooling, and I didn't know how much of a ...

Andrea Kerr is a frequent contributor to Advance. With the help of Michael Paras, she will provide readers with daily updates on Lutheran HealthCare's medical mission work in Tela, Honduras. Dispatch from Michael Paras - Wednesday April 23, 2008 By Wednesday the medical team on the ground in Honduras had already seen and treated 230 patients ...

Andrea Kerr is a frequent contributor to Advance. With the help of Michael Paras, she will provide readers with daily updates on Lutheran HealthCare's medical mission work in Tela, Honduras. Dispatch from Michael Paras -  April 22, 2008 Jean Hemmans, R.N., and her husband, Ruperto, started the New York Honduran Committee along with a small ...

Andrea Kerr is a frequent contributor to Advance. With the help of Michael Paras, she will provide readers with daily updates on Lutheran HealthCare's medical mission work in Tela, Honduras. Dispatch from Michael Paras -  Monday April 21, 2008 A critical member of the Lutheran HealthCare team in Honduras is otolaryngologist Ramez Habib, ...