1. Cheryl Plate Dumont was a clinical educator at Winchester Medical Center when the article was written. She is now a per diem intensive care unit nurse at Winchester Medical Center, a member of the adjunct faculty, Division of Nursing, Shenandoah University, in Winchester, Va, and beginning doctoral studies in nursing at the University of Virginia.
2. Brian L. Tiep is affiliated with Pulmonary Care Continuum and Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, Calif.