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IOWA CITY — For tens of thousands of nurses in Iowa, caring for patients around the clock is more than a job option or career path.

It’s a lifestyle. It’s a way of living.

But most importantly, nursing is a life calling. And now, nurses are being honored for it after their deaths.

In recent years, the formation of nurse honor guards around the Corridor have reinforced that recognition for the departed who dedicated their lives to serving others — in sickness and health.

The most recently formed ensemble, the Iowa City Nurse Honor Guard, brings another service to Johnson County.

What honor looks like

For the Corridor’s newest group, it means naming the ways nurses made a critical differenc

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