title: A journey of learning...nothing is wasted.
abstract: A nursing student relays how a 10-year career in missions led her to her life purpose--to work as a maternal child nurse and improve the health of women. She relays three invaluable lessons she learned from being a missionary that apply to all nurses.
authors.affiliation: Hill Country Memorial Hospital, Fredericksburg, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Erin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hildebrand
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002835:Christianity; D006801:Humans; D016389:Maternal-Child Nursing / Q000193:education*; D066189:Missionaries; D008921:Religious Missions; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*