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Tuesday, November 28 2006

Hospice Nurse

Donna Elam

There are all kinds of tough jobs, but there's one category that no one really want to think about: the people who must care for us at the end of our lives. Donna Elam is one such person. She's a hospice nurse in Wake County, North Carolina. Being a hospice worker seems like it would be one of the hardest - and most depressing - jobs in the world. But when Dick talks with Donna Elam, he finds out that her job can also be among the most rewarding and inspiring things anyone can do.

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