Traveling through the decades: a special relationship between a pediatric nephrology nurse and a young adult.

Abstract

The young adult that M.K. has become is in part of a result of the supportive relationship that I established with M.K. and her family over a decade ago. Viewing M.K. as a part of a family unit and not just as an isolated patient enabled the entire nephrology team to assist the family in dealing with the monumental medical problems that they have confronted. I am proud of the young woman that M.K. has become, and I am gratified by the relationship that we have shared for the past 16 years. It is this type of relationship that reminds me of why I decided to become a nurse many years ago.