"The American Nurse" is a moving film that examines key issues facing the United States – aging, war, poverty, and the prison system – through the experiences of nurses. It offers a look at real people that will reshape perceptions of nursing and our approach to healing America's challenges. The film contributes to a vital discussion about the meaning of care. It follows five nurses in different specialties, including Jason Short who navigates a difficult path to reach a homebound cancer patient in Appalachia. Tonia Faust runs a prison hospice program where inmates with life sentences provide care to dying fellow prisoners. Naomi Cross coaches an ovarian cancer survivor through the birth of her son via Caesarean section. Sister Stephen manages a nursing home with livestock, where the nursing staff unites to sing for a dying resident.
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