title: Reflecting on a nurse's personal experience with a stroke.
abstract: These reflections chronicle the experience of a retired nurse educator who had a stroke and shared her experience with the author. The format alternates between the first person remembrances of the nurse who had a stroke and the author's analysis of the nurse's experience. The article is followed by two nursing research perspectives.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Austin
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research