Nursing Magazine: The on-line version of the magazine for the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and the Johns Hopkins Nurses' Alumni Association.

John Hopkins University School of Nursing: Ranked 2nd by U.S.News & World Report for Community Health Nursing Programs and 4th for Graduate Programs.

With the highest ranking in its 23 year history as a division of the Johns Hopkins University, the School of Nursing has for the second time placed in the very top tier of the nation's best nursing graduate schools.

A Critical Profession
By Melissa Hendricks
Photos by Chris Hartlove

Critical care nurses must possess a thorough understanding of physiology and pharmacology, be confident using a vast array of medical equipment, yet demonstrate equanimity and com-passion in a hectic environment. "When you're critically ill, it's like being in a hurricane," says Julie Stanik-Hutt, PhD, ACNP, CCNS, an expert in critical care nursing and associate professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. "There's wind, rain, water, darkness. It's the nurse who takes your hand and stands with you in the eye of the hurricane." ...

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FEATURES
28 A Critical Profession
From the transport helicopter to the ICU, seven Hopkins Nurses give hope and compassion to their critically ill patients.

34 My Profession
In the second of this three-part series, Marlon Caballero ’08 passes his licensure exam and begins a new career in the Johns Hopkins Hospital neuroscience unit.

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