Dawn Nagel, a nurse at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, California, knew she was going to have a busy day, with more than a dozen patients showing signs of sepsis. They included a 61-year-old mechanic with diabetes. An elderly man recovering from pneumonia. A new mom whose white blood cell count had shot up after she gave birth.Nagel is among a new breed of nurses devoted to caring for patients with sepsis, a life-threatening condition that occurs when the body's attempt to fight an infection [...]
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