Visiting Nurses Play a Key Role in Patients' Lives

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WEST HAVEN -- Holding his front door wide open, 82-year-old Joseph Ferreira cautions his visiting cardiac nurse, Lee Pisani, as she leaves his Jones Hill Road home. "Be careful of the stairs," he calls out in a fatherly tone, watching as Pisani takes each step.

It is a small gesture, but one of gratitude from Ferreira, who says Pisani's dedication and kindness helped him successfully recoup from his recent pacemaker-implantation surgery.

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Visiting Nurses Play a Key Role in Patients' Lives

For Pisani, the simple "sweetness" of people like Ferreira is the intangible fortune she reaps from her job with the Visiting Nurse Association of South Central Connecticut Inc. in New Haven.

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