title: My yearlong journey with Victor: caring for an adolescent in medical crisis at a school-based health center.
abstract: This article discusses the multiple challenges faced by a seasoned pediatric nurse practitioner as she struggled to manage the medical complexities of a 13-year-old boy in crisis while pushing the limits of her own professional boundaries-within the setting of an urban school-based health center (SBHC).
authors.affiliation: Middletown High School's School-Based Health Center, Connecticut, USA. VeithK@chc1.com
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Veith
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000523:psychology*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy*