Survived Covid, Aced Her NCLEX: Nurse of the Week Chelsie Turrubiartez, RN is Hard to Stop.
Brand-new RN, Nurse of the Week Chelsie Turrubiartez didn’t allow anything to stand between her and her dreams of becoming a nurse. Over the course of nine eventful months, the 23-year-old Adel, Georgia resident was hospitalized for Covid, graduated from the School of...
Nurse of the Week Margaret Ruto is also a Part-Time Crime Fighter
Now that Kenyan-born Nurse of the Week Margaret Ruto is on the scene, someone should tell Chris Hansen that there’s a new player in the predator-catching business. One day in 2017, while working toward her nursing degree in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Ruto came across a...
After Mom’s Bout with Covid, Nurse of the Week Kandace Williams Created a Guide to Help Patients’ Families
Nurses tend to be top-notch communicators, but with families of Covid patients not even able to visit their relatives, misunderstandings can arise all too easily. Nurse of the Week Kandace Williams has—well, not an app for that, exactly, but the University of Arkansas...
Biden’s Acting Surgeon General Pick is Nurse of the Week RADM Susan Orsega
More nurses will not only sit at the table; they will also be gripping the national policy podium in 2021. As President Biden’s Acting Surgeon General, Nurse of the Week Rear Admiral (RADM) Susan Orsega, MSN, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN is going to be one of the key US health...
Nurse of the Week: For OCN Ellen Mulkerrins, Caring for Patients is “a Passion”
Nurse of the Week Ellen Mulkerrins, BSN. RN, OCN has always stood out for her empathy, compassion, and standards of care. The Daisy Award winner cares for cancer patients at Memorial Sloan-Kettering—with emphasis on the word “care”--and as Michelle Sottile, BSN, RN,...
When Schools Reopen in Delaware, Nurse of the Week Sue Smith Will be Ready
Delaware is still debating whether to reopen in-person classes at public schools this month, but if they’re ready, our Nurse of the Week, Mispillion Elementary’s school nurse Sue Smith will be ready too. After 25 years of working for the Milford school district—and...
Nurse of the Week: NP Icon Loretta C. Ford Awarded Surgeon General’s Medallion
Our first Nurse of the Week in 2021 is a nursing icon. On December 27—the day before her 100th birthday—AAN Living Legend Loretta C. Ford, EdD, RN, PNP, NP-C, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP was awarded the Surgeon General’s Medallion for exceptional achievement in the cause of...
Nurse of the Week 2020: A Year of Extraordinary Nurses
In a year in which so many nurses displayed bravery, suffered hardships, and shone in countless ways, DailyNurse might easily have featured a “Nurse of the Day” instead of a Nurse of the Week. Nurses have always gone the extra mile to communicate with patients and...
Nurse of the Week Maria VanHart Managed Highway Accident Scene “Like an Orchestra Conductor”
When faced with trauma in a hospital emergency department, nurses have a myriad of tools and resources available to tackle whatever challenges come their way. But imagine being faced with a situation as the only lifesaver at the scene of a horrific accident in a...
Nurse of the Week Lindsey Harris is First Black ASNA President: “I Want This to Become the Norm”
It took over 100 years, so Nurse of the Week, DNP/FNP-BC Lindsey Harris is more than ready to lead the 100,000 members of the Alabama State Nurses Association (ASNA) as their first African American president. The 37-year-old Harris’s induction, the powerful leadership...
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