In the May 2009 issue of AJN, Kay E. Schwebke, MD, MPH, a staff physician at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, authors an article about her interviews with nurses who served in the armed forces in Vietnam and the meaning of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial to these nurses. AJN Editor-in-Chief Diana Mason, PhD, RN, FAAN, talks with Dr. Schwebke about why she wrote the article and how her discussions with Vietnam nurses have changed how she practices and how she thinks about health providers who serve in war zones.