Nurse of the Week: Registered Nurse Leslie Silcox Leads Organized Recovery Efforts to Help Victims of Hurricane Michael
Our Nurse of the Week is Leslie Silcox, a registered nurse from Knoxville, Tennessee, who has been organizing hurricane relief efforts for years in her own spare time. Most recently, she helped pack supplies to send to Florida following the aftermath of Hurricane...
Nurse of the Week: UVA Nursing Professor Clareen Wiencek Drives New Education in Area of Palliative Care
Our Nurse of the Week is Clareen Wiencek, an associate professor of nursing at the University of Virginia (UVA) who is helping drive new education in the area of palliative care. Palliative care provides relief from the symptoms and stress that come with a serious...
Nurse of the Week: Registered Nurse Careen Rodgers Helps Hurricane Florence Survivors
Our Nurse of the Week is Careen Rodgers, a registered nurse employed by the Virginia Department of Health (VDH), who packed her bags and headed south after seeing the extensive havoc that Hurricane Florence wreaked on the Carolinas. Rodgers was one of 22 nurses from...
Nurse of the Week: Nurse Jasmin Flores Inspires Local CPR Training After Reviving Toddler Following Fatal Crash
Our Nurse of the Week is Jasmin Flores, a nurse from Hartford, CT, who was driving on the highway when she came upon an overturned jeep and three passengers who required lifesaving CPR, including a toddler. Flores was one of the only bystanders who knew how to...
Nurse of the Week: Brigit Carter, Associate Dean in the Duke University School of Nursing, Heads Program for Underrepresented Minorities
Our Nurse of the Week is Brigit Carter, Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion in the Duke University School of Nursing, who is leading diversity efforts by heading a program for underrepresented minorities. Carter’s role is focused on making the School of Nursing...
Nurse of the Week: Western Illinois University Nursing Alumna Ashley Martin Expands Psychiatric Services in Her Region
Our Nurse of the Week is Ashley Martin, an alumna of Western Illinois University’s (WIU) School of Nursing who is opening a clinic to help expand psychiatric services in the region. The Lakeview Medical and Psychiatric Clinic is opening this week and Martin will be...
Nurse of the Week: Dialysis Nurse Maureen Moore Understands Kidney Failure Firsthand
Our Nurse of the Week is Maureen Moore, a dialysis nurse and clinical manager at Fresenius Kidney Care who chose her career path after her own battle with an aggressive kidney disease. Now, she’s using her own experiences as a patient to help her patients. Moore was...
Nurse of the Week: Elsamar Ibarra Remembers Jumping In to Help During Hurricane Harvey
Our Nurse of the Week is Elsamar Ibarra who was a nursing student in Texas when Hurricane Harvey struck her hometown last year. Even while her own home had taken on water, Ibarra still couldn’t sit by while she watched people pouring into shelters on the news, so she...
Nurse of the Week: University of Alabama Nursing Dean Dr. Robin Lawson Facilitates Creation of Nurse Practitioner Pipeline to Rural Communities
Our Nurse of the Week is Dr. Robin Lawson, senior associate dean for academic programs in the University of Alabama (UA) Capstone College of Nursing, who helped to facilitate the creation of BAMA-Care, a program that will enable a nurse practitioner pipeline to rural...
Nurse of the Week: Oncology Nurse Jenni Chang Serves Those Who Served Our Country
Our Nurse of the Week is Jenni Chang, an oncology nurse who was honored by her patient Patrick Lewis for the care she showed him after being diagnosed with cancer. Lewis is a US veteran who served as a sergeant in the Marine Corps for three years. Being diagnosed with...
