The Making Of An ICU Nurse

BOSTON - MARCH 7: Julia Zelixon watches over her patient, who is slowly dying from lack of circulation to his liver and kidneys. Doctors had threaded a catheter into the crook of his left arm and guided it through his arteries in a fruitless search for blockage in his bloodstream. Though the man died 10 days later, his brother thanked Julia and the other ICU nurses, saying "I can't express in words how much we appreciated the care and compassion you provided." (Photo by Michele McDonald/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)