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A Lesson in Nursing: Facing the End

One of the most challenging things for medical professionals is learning to accept the ultimate defeat-- the inability to keep a patient alive.

As a UVA nursing student, Kim Proesser says one patient taught her how to care for dying patients with joy and respect.

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