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 ...

I was initially very excited about the brand-new car I recently purchased. Yes, the move meant the no-car-payment holiday I had enjoyed for nearly a year was over. But I had gotten what I considered a sweet deal. No money down and no interest payments for 5 years. Not too shabby for a young thirty-something who doesn't yet own a home and is ...

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, ...

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 Mary Haeney, a registered nurse at Lutheran has accompanied the medical brigade to Honduras for three ...

I have never met Megan Petock. She contacted me one day and asked if ADVANCE would be interested in periodic articles on her experiences as a volunteer for a year on the Mercy Ships. The hospital ship Megan, 24, was serving on would be docked in Liberia. She said she was also writing a blog of her experiences. Since that first contact, Megan has ...

I recently returned from a 4-day cruise with my family to celebrate my parent’s 50th and my sister’s 20th wedding anniversaries. We set sail to Catalina Island where we docked for a day, then headed to Escondido, Mexico, before spending a full day at sea. As a first-time cruiser, I really didn’t know what to expect and I have to admit, it was not ...