... remember the frantic look in her eyes as she clutched my arm and said, "Promise me I won't die."

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Fast forward to today, and you'll see scenes such as this playing out in hospitals across the country. But in other respects, the health care landscape has changed considerably, and is evolving still. Indeed, Congress is even now considering a bill that might completely transform the way health care is funded and delivered in this country. But through it all, one thing hasn't changed and never will: the transcendent role of the nurse in patient care....