Allison Pugh

He came into her clinic. He had been on the streets for years. She said he had probably walked cross-country homeless back and forth. He had never really been in a shelter. She said he had some wounds on his feet. They were, she said, just gnarly, calloused. And she said he was so hunched over from years of osteoporosis and walking.

He came into her clinic. He had been on the streets for years. She said he had probably walked cross-country homeless back and forth. He had never really been in a shelter. She said he had some wounds on his feet. They were, she said, just gnarly, calloused. And she said he was so hunched over from years of osteoporosis and walking.

And so few people would be able to even have eye contact with him because he physiologically couldn't even really look up. And I just sat and did wound care for his feet. So she just sat and washed and cleaned his wounds. And she said it wasn't going to do much. He was still going to be on his feet all the time. He was so resistant to going into any shelter.

And so few people would be able to even have eye contact with him because he physiologically couldn't even really look up. And I just sat and did wound care for his feet. So she just sat and washed and cleaned his wounds. And she said it wasn't going to do much. He was still going to be on his feet all the time. He was so resistant to going into any shelter.

And so few people would be able to even have eye contact with him because he physiologically couldn't even really look up. And I just sat and did wound care for his feet. So she just sat and washed and cleaned his wounds. And she said it wasn't going to do much. He was still going to be on his feet all the time. He was so resistant to going into any shelter.

It was just a band-aid over a really big problem. But for her, it captured what nursing was about, like this humility, this service, and the witnessing. So she said, she tells me just to give him that moment of I'm seeing you. I'm acknowledging you. This is me caring for you. She said it was powerful for both of us.

It was just a band-aid over a really big problem. But for her, it captured what nursing was about, like this humility, this service, and the witnessing. So she said, she tells me just to give him that moment of I'm seeing you. I'm acknowledging you. This is me caring for you. She said it was powerful for both of us.

It was just a band-aid over a really big problem. But for her, it captured what nursing was about, like this humility, this service, and the witnessing. So she said, she tells me just to give him that moment of I'm seeing you. I'm acknowledging you. This is me caring for you. She said it was powerful for both of us.

The power of just connecting to another human being. And by doing that connecting, you're saying to the other person, you are a person of value. You have... Humanity, just like I do, and together we are sharing this moment, it confers dignity and humanity to both participants.

The power of just connecting to another human being. And by doing that connecting, you're saying to the other person, you are a person of value. You have... Humanity, just like I do, and together we are sharing this moment, it confers dignity and humanity to both participants.

The power of just connecting to another human being. And by doing that connecting, you're saying to the other person, you are a person of value. You have... Humanity, just like I do, and together we are sharing this moment, it confers dignity and humanity to both participants.