Department: Bedside Stories

Juliet Veal helps teens with cancer experience a quintessence of youth: prom night.

We've all had to do it. Cortney Davis has her own strategy.

Cynthia Piccolo investigates licensing bodies to learn about the crazy things people do to have their licenses revoked. Her discovery? Some stories are really eye-opening.

Witnessing unnecessary pain and death and not being able to help is overwhelming for every healthcare worker. Bonnie Jarvis-Lowe, a nurse, recalls one of those times, when all she could do was ask "Why?"

Mentally ill, but with the eye of an artist.

Personal experience made nurse Patricia Petersen a dedicated volunteer with Look Good Feel Better.

The nurse knows that sometimes the elderly patients want to talk just to hear another voice confirming their ties to humanity.

Maybe more people would enter nursing if they could experience a Chiffon Nurse, as did one frightened 6-year-old, 50 years ago.