Nurse of the Week: Mark Cavender Starts Nursing School at 54, Proves Age is Just a Number
Our Nurse of the Week is Mark Cavender, a 56-year-old and previous US service member from Conway, Arkansas, who started nursing school at age 54, proving that age is just a number when you’re achieving your dreams. Cavender tells thebl.com, “I get some funny looks...
Nurse of the Week: Nurse Lori Wood ‘Adopts’ Homeless Man So He Can Receive Heart Transplant
Our Nurse of the Week is Lori Wood, 57, a nurse at Piedmont Newnan Hospital in Georgia, who became the guardian of a homeless patient so that he could receive a heart transplant. Wood’s patient, Jonathan Pinkard, had been disqualified from the waiting list for a...
Nurse of the Week: Frank Baez Balances Dual Role as NYU Custodian and College of Nursing Student
Our Nurse of the Week is Frank Baez, a 2019 graduate of the New York University (NYU) Rory Meyers College of Nursing who moved to the US from the Dominican Republic before working as a custodian at NYU, and eventually studying at, and graduating from, NYU...
Nurse of the Week: Nursing Professor Yolanda Nelson Creates System to Keep Black Nursing Students in School
Our Nurse of the Week is Yolanda Nelson, an alumna and nursing professor at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) who created a proven system to keep black nursing students in school. Her program Moving Forward Together was launched as a mentorship program to help black...
Nurse of the Week: NICU Nurse Tara Fankhauser Crochets Halloween Costumes for Hospital’s Tiniest Patients
Our Nurse of the Week is Tara Fankhauser, a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) nurse at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta who crochets Halloween costumes for the NICU babies in her care. This is the fourth year in a row that she’s spent months crocheting costumes for...
Nurse of the Week: School Nurse Annie Dyke Helps Save Student After His Heart Stops
Our Nurse of the Week is Annie Dyke, a school nurse at Madison County Central School who helped save an eighth-grade boy after his heart stopped during gym class. M.J. Crumity was in the middle of a game of dodgeball in gym class when his pacemaker quit working....
Nurse of the Week: Labor and Delivery Nurse Sharon Fickley Delivers Three of Her Own Grandchildren in 36 Hours
Our Nurse of the Week is Sharon Fickley, a Labor and Delivery nurse at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital who recently delivered three of her own grandchildren over the course of 36 hours. Fickley has been delivering babies for over 25 years, but delivering her own...
Nurse of the Week: UT College of Nursing Alumna Sara Croley Gives College’s Largest Ever Donation to ‘Invest In the Future of Nursing’
Our Nurse of the Week is Sara Croley, a University of Tennessee (UT) College of Nursing alumna who recently gave a $7.5 million donation to the university, making it the largest donation in the college’s history. Croley hopes her donation will go toward ‘investing in...
Nurse of the Week: ICU Nurse Mady Howard Credits Career with Helping Her Train for American Ninja Warrior
Our Nurse of the Week is Mady Howard, an intensive care unit (ICU) nurse at Intermountain Healthcare’s Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George, Utah, who says the unpredictable nature of working in the ICU helped her train to be on ‘American Ninja Warrior.’ Howard...
Nurse of the Week: ICU Nurse Cami Loritz Donates Part of Liver, Saving 8-Year-Old Boy’s Life
Our Nurse of the Week is Cami Loritz, an intensive care unit (ICU) nurse from Wisconsin who donated part of her liver for a transplant that saved an 8-year-old boy’s life. Loritz is an ICU nurse at Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. The boy’s mother, Ruth...
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