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Linda M.
Salinas, CA
RN, CCRN
I have always wanted to be a critical care nurse. In June, 1991,
I graduated from nursing school and started work in the Intensive
Care Unit. I have had some of the most incredible life-changing
experiences in the ICU. I have been privileged to share in some
very personal and private moments in a patient's life and death. I
have worked tirelessly to keep a dying patient alive so that his
family can say goodbye. A true patient advocate, I have battled
both physicians and families of patients to ensure that a patient's
wishes were respected. When you reach deep within the depths of
your soul and give all that you have to being caring,
compassionate, understanding, supportive, non-judgmental, as well
as intelligent, trustworthy, and sincere, and the patient or a
member of her family takes your hand, looks deeply at you, and says
a simple "thank you," you know that you have done something
special. I live to give. I want nothing in return other than
knowing that someone's life has been made better because of me. Now, nursing has opened new doors for me. Five years ago, after
I decided to get my weight under control for good, I began to teach
aerobics classes to stay active. I then became certified through
ACE (American Council on Exercise), teaching lecture classes on
weight management and general health and fitness topics. I have
since obtained other national certifications, including ACSM
(American College of Sports Medicine). I now have the fortune of
combining both my passions--nursing and fitness. I am a credible
professional, because I model the behavior. I am now working with
the hospital's administration to develop a corporate and community
fitness program, and I am also being pursued to do other health and
fitness lectures. This is just one avenue that nursing has provided
me. I am so proud to be a nurse.
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