I am grateful for my nurse friends and colleagues. Shannon O., Ronnie F., Jill P., Valerie S., and many others that I am lucky enough to serve with in public health. Much love to you all. Every nurse is a super hero!...
Professor Rachel Smith was the most influential nurse that has ever crossed my path. An innate leader, she taught my Nursing Psych class for my accelerated RN cohort. She not only taught us the didactic component of a very important component of patient care but she also led our clinicals. I think what touched me...
My daughter is a nurse, just like me, but she is a new nurse and always sees the good in everyone no matter what. She is a blessing to the profession. 💜...
I am grateful for Betty Vanstedum MSN RN. She gave me my first opportunity at my dream job of being a nurse educator. She has supported and mentored me to help usher in the next generation of caring and compassionate nurses. She leads with compassion. She works so hard to make our profession better. Thank...
I am grateful to be a nurse as I have seen so many moments in the life process. Since starting nursing school, I have made many friends and acquaintances that have impacted my life, and we have, in turn, affected countless others. One nurse I met as we pursued our nursing careers became my sister...
Thank you school nurses for making going to school one of the safest places to be during Covid!...
Thank you to all of my coworkers on 3 West at Valley Presbyterian Hospital in Van Nuys CA. I became part of an amazing team when I joined your staff 11 years ago. Your compassion, your skill, your care of our new moms and babies made me glad to be a nurse. I miss you all...
Mary-Collette Griffin was working in the ER when she suddenly became desperately ill. She survived cardiac arrest, coma, and had an LVAD and a replacement while waiting for a donor heart. She also went back to school to get her bachelors degree , during this stressful, demanding time. After her successful heart transplant, she later...
I am forever grateful to Karen Faison, PhD, Patricia Sloan, PhD, Frances Montague, DNP, and Florence Jones Clark, MSN. Collectively, they bring over 100 years of nursing experience, each one being in nursing more than 30 years. These nurses are excellent mentors and role models who take every opportunity to expand the knowledge of current...
The whole crew at Puget Sound Kidney Centers deserves kudos for they constant, exceptional service to those with kidney damage! They are simply the best!!...