Mount Sinai South Nassau Nurse Eileen Mahler Honored for Illustrious 45-Year Nursing Career
Eileen Mahler, PhD, RNC-OB, NE-BC, a resident of Oceanside, NY, was honored for her 45 years of service as a nurse at Mount Sinai South Nassau with a surprise retirement celebration. Hundreds of hospital staff attended the event, and Mahler was given a chauffeured...
Navy Nurse Lindsay Bender Advocates to Increase Mental Health Services for Brave Service Members
In a significant development for mental health services in the military, U.S. Navy Lieutenant j.g. Lindsay Bender demonstrated strong leadership and empathy in her contributions throughout her military career, particularly at Walter Reed National Military Medical...
WWII Navy Nurse Alice Darrow Celebrates 105th Birthday, Honored as One of the Last Links to Pearl Harbor
Alice Darrow, a former Navy nurse, was honored for her love of life and patriotic commitment to our country as one of the last living links to Pearl Harbor when she celebrated her 105th birthday in Danville, California, surrounded by family, friends, and community...
Meet Kate Veenstra: From Bedside Nurse to Top Spot at UM Health-West
Kate Veenstra, DNP, MSN, RN, CNL, CMSRN, ACM, NEA-BC, was recently appointed as the new chief nursing officer at the University of Michigan Health-West. Her more than 18 years of experience also tells quite a story. Veenstra started as a bedside nurse at the hospital...
Meet Judy Vire: The Nurse Practitioner Bridging the Healthcare Gap in Rural Texas Communities
Nurse practitioner Judy Vire has dedicated her life to establishing care for patients in rural parts of Central Texas. Her clinic, Kocurek & James, is one of a few providers offering medical care to communities desperate for easier access. Vire has a master’s...
From Patient to Nurse: The Inspiring Journey of Gibby Ryan
Gabrielle "Gibby" Ryan, RN, BSN, CCRN, has worked as a staff nurse in the Cardiac Care Unit at Children's Nebraska Criss Heart Center for nearly five years. As a lifelong patient of the center herself, Ryan brings a unique perspective to her work every day, with a...
Caring for Critical Hearts: Meet Sarah Cazenave, Cardiac ICU Nurse
Sarah Cazenave is a BSN, RN, and CCRN who works in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Children’s Hospital New Orleans (CHNOLA). She takes care of the most critical cardiac patients at the hospital. Her cousin, Brooks, was born with only half of a functioning...
Heroic Nurses, Ariana Stemple and Cori Holloway, Save Friend’s Life with CPR in Colorado
Robyn Morgan, Ariana Stemple, and Cori Holloway became friends working together at St. Joseph Hospital in Denver, Colorado. These friends are bonded for life after a shopping trip at Murdoch's in Grand Junction this past September. Morgan, leader of medical imaging at...
Valentina Obreja Left Romania with Luggage and a Dream. Now She’s an Award-winning Nurse
Valentina Obreja has dedicated her career to improving care for ICU patients at UCLA Health. “Never give up” are three words that have defined much of Obreja’s adult life. It’s what she told herself when she and her husband left Romania in 2006 with little more than...
Iowa Hospice Nurse Tiffany McArdle Walks Through Blizzard to Reach Patient
Communities across the midwest feel the impact of recent snowfall and below-zero temperatures, but that weather didn’t stop Iowa hospice nurse Tiffany McArdle. McArdle, a hospice nurse for St. Croix Hospice, says that in her seven years of working as a hospice nurse,...
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