title: Traveling through the decades: a special relationship between a pediatric nephrology nurse and a young adult.
abstract: The young adult that M.K. has become is in part of a result of the supportive relationship that I established with M.K. and her family over a decade ago. Viewing M.K. as a part of a family unit and not just as an isolated patient enabled the entire nephrology team to assist the family in dealing with the monumental medical problems that they have confronted. I am proud of the young woman that M.K. has become, and I am gratified by the relationship that we have shared for the past 16 years. It is this type of relationship that reminds me of why I decided to become a nurse many years ago.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Schneider Children's Hospital, New Hyde Park, NY, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Frank
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology