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Memories of three wars: a nurse's story.

Aiken LJ

National Naval Medical Center, 8901 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20889, USA. Loretta.Aiken@med.navy.mil

This is the personal story of a civilian critical care nurse who has worked for several decades with war casualties. It begins with her memories of the Vietnam era and her reflections on that war. It then describes how the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, prepared for the Desert Storm War and continues through the current war in Iraq. The article provides a glimpse of a long and meaningful nursing career and expresses the joy and satisfaction of caring for the wounded warriors of today's conflict.

Published 21 January 2008 in Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am, 20(1): 67-71, vii.
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