Why Nurses Should Rule The World, Part 10  
  
 Health & Body, Kind Strangers, Popular | UT, USA |  Hopeless | June 13, 2016  
 
  
(It’s my first day commuting to work off campus during summer term and I have a bike to get there. I’m feeling pretty good until three miles in, when it gets harder to keep going. All of a sudden, a van pulls over.) 
 
Stranger: “Get in.” 
 
Me: “I’m going to work and I really don’t—” 
 
Stranger: “I’m a registered nurse and you’re showing signs of heat exhaustion. Get in now.” 
 
(After stammering a bit, I let the RN put my bike in back and get me a water bottle.) 
 
Me: “Thanks! I’m an out-of-state student so I’m not used to this heat.” 
 
Stranger: “I get it. Do you need a ride home?” 
 
(She showed up after my work and drove me home. I never saw her again, but I loved her.)
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
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