Nurse of the Week: Brittany Wilborn’s Nursing Career Was Well Worth the Wait
“Since I was in, I think, about 4th or 5th grade I knew I wanted to be a nurse,” says Brittany Wilborn, RN. It took the mother of five nearly a decade, but Wilborn, our Nurse of the Week, knows how to persevere and how to pace herself. She has cleared the many...
Nurse of the Week: Margaret Kluin Finally Took a Sick Day… for a Kidney Transplant
Nurse of the Week Margaret Kluin, RN is not the sort to take time off lightly; in fact, until very recently she hadn't missed a day of work in 15 years. Despite suffering from diabetes and later, kidney disease as well, Margaret, a nurse manager in the orthopedic...
Nurse of the Week: NICU Nurse Mary Lovelace Saves Grownups Too
One occupational hazard of being a nurse (or even a nursing student!) is that friends, family, and even brand-new acquaintances tend to buttonhole you for on-the-spot diagnoses and ad hoc consultations. And, since you are completely on board with helping people, you...
Nurse of the Week: CRNA Donna Dzialo Transforms Tools of Her Trade Into Art
Like many of her fellow nurse/artists, Nurse of the Week Donna Dzialo, CRNA has her own distinctive take on Creative Nursing. DailyNurse has spotlighted talented nurse photographers, pop singers, and ICU mural painters, but this might be our first found-objects nurse...
Nurse of the Week: Miraculous Patient Journey Inspired Julia York to Choose Nursing
One week after Julia York’s 12th birthday, doctors told her parents she had less than a year to live. “My parents knew it was bad news, but I didn’t know at the time. That’s not something you tell a 12-year-old,” York said. York had always struggled with migraines,...
Nurse of the Week: Mary Hannover, LPN Celebrated for 55 Years as “Heart” of Good Samaritan Nursing Facility
Poring over historical pictures at the Good Samaritan Society long-term care facility in Algona, Iowa, is a person who’s been pivotal. “It opened in March of 1966 and I began employment in the summer of that year,” says Nurse of the Week Mary Hannover, LPN. Do the...
Nurse of the Week: Sam Roecker Ready to Rock Her Scrubs for Nurses at Boston Marathon
The scrub wardrobe of Philadelphia nurse and elite marathoner Samantha Roecker, RN is undergoing an unprecedented stress test this month. One might even say that her scrubs are moonlighting, but it’s for a good cause. Our Nurse of the Week is running through the...
Nurse of the Week: Audrey Waechter Leads Glow-Up Crew on Oncology Unit
The nursing staff on the 9 Pavilion West oncology unit at the Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) in New Jersey knows that hair loss can be one of the most difficult side effects of cancer treatment for patients to come to terms with. Female patients in...
Nurse of the Week: Sabrina Jamal-Eddine Speaks Up for Disabled Nurses
A spinal injury that resulted from surgical malpractice changed the course of Sabrina Jamal-Eddine’s life. It first drew her to the nursing field, then drove her desire to make the profession more accessible to disabled students and practitioners. Jamal-Eddine, RN, is...
Nurse of the Week: Johana Torres’ American Journey From Housekeeper to Certified NP
Whether you are speaking of geography, education, or career, Johana Torres, RN, BSN, MSN, FNP-C has been on a formidable journey. Just over two decades ago, Torres moved to New Jersey from Colombia. While she had almost completed an accounting degree in her home...
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