title: Turning points that change careers.
abstract: Without warning, you care for a patient or deal with an event and the way you nurse ... maybe even the way you live ... is changed for good. These turning points are touchstones in a nursing career. Here are a few of these powerful stories. What are yours?
authors.affiliation: Surgical Intensive Care Unit, New England Medical Center, Boston, USA.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Irvine
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*