Nurse of the Week: Kayla Billington Provides Heart Surgeries for Ugandan Children
Kayla Billington has made it her mission to help provide life-saving heart surgeries for children in Uganda. We honor Billington as the Nurse of the Week for providing heart surgeries and hope to children in Uganda. Billington knew she wanted to become a pediatric...
NJ Nurse Claire Donaghy Travels the World to Make Sure Children Can Smile
NJ nurse Claire Donaghy found a second home in Rwanda, a nation she first visited as a surgical team member with Operation Smile in 2014. Donaghy is a nursing professor at William Paterson University and is eager to return to lend her expertise to this important...
RN Andrea Wursche Helps Families Grieving After Miscarriage
Andrea Wursche, a registered nurse at Houston Methodist Hospital, joined forces with her sister, Rev. Lindsay Kirkpatrick, senior pastor at Asbury United Methodist Church in Pasadena, to help women during one of their greatest times of need — after a miscarriage or...
Nurse of the Week: Jennifer Stasieluk Becomes Living Organ Donor – Twice
Nurses experience a range of emotions when caring for patients, and nurse Jennifer Stasieluk was no different—especially when the patient was her mother. Stasieluk stepped up, not once but twice, as a living organ donor for her mother, Marzena. Daily Nurse is proud to...
Nurse of the Week: Nurse Tessa Migliano Saves Man Having Heart Attack on Pickleball Court
Tessa Migliano, a Milwaukee-area nurse, and her son, Lukas, saved a man’s life when he collapsed on the pickleball court. They were in the right place at just the right time, and for playing the role of lifesaver, Migliano is our Nurse of the Week. Migliano wanted to...
Nurse of the Week: Norma Martinez Rogers Helps First-generation Hispanic Nursing Students Graduate
Norma Martinez Rogers, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, is a 50-year veteran of the UT Health San Antonio Nursing School turned living legend. In November, she was awarded the highest honor for any nurse at the 2022 Health Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., and is only the second...
Nurse of the Week: Elissa Molfino Steps Up to Care for Patient’s Dog
San Luis Obispo nurse Elissa Molfino is used to caring for her patients, but her patients’ pets, not so much. But that’s what happened when she volunteered to do when a patient who’d suffered a bad fall showed up at the French Hospital Medical Center. Molfino can now...
Nurse of the Week: Dr. Holly Martin and Career of Advocating for Nurse Practitioners and Veterans
Dr. Holly Martin, a doctor of nursing practice and family nurse practitioner, recently retired from a 22-year career with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Daily Nurse salutes her accomplishments as a changemaker, advocacy for equitable compensation for nurses, and...
Nurse of the Week: Kassondra Josey Helps Save Passenger 30,000 Feet in the Air
When a passenger got sick mid-flight, Atrium Health Lincoln nurse Kassondra Josey jumped in to help save his life. In a less-than-ideal location, Josey relied on her training and rendered aid until the plane could make an emergency landing, and that’s why Josey is our...
Nurse of the Week: Pediatric Nurses Shine As Backup Dancers In Young Cancer Patient’s Viral Video
Our Nurse of the Week honor goes to the UT Health San Antonio pediatric nurses who went above and beyond for an 8-year-old cancer patient named Darcey when they volunteered to become backup dancers for the budding dancer. The nurses met the sweet girl a few years ago...
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