Nurses of the Week: West Carolina University Nursing Students Provide Services at Free Rural Health Care Clinic in Eastern Tennessee
Our Nurses of the Week are the nursing students from West Carolina University’s School of Nursing who volunteered to provide services at a free rural health care clinic in eastern Tennessee. More than 10 students provided patients with medical, dental, and vision...
Nurse of the Week: Retired Nurse Beverly Lyne Travels to US-Mexico Border to Help Migrant Families
Our Nurse of the Week is Beverly Lyne, a retired nurse who decided to take action and travel to the US-Mexico border in order to help migrant families after news of the death of two young children who were in US border custody shelters hit her hard. Lyne tells...
Nurses of the Week: University of Arizona Nurses Jane Carrington and Kimberly Shea Take Their Work Global Thanks to the Fulbright Specialist Program
Our Nurses of the Week are two nurses from the University of Arizona (UA) College of Nursing who recently received funding to take their work global. Jane Carrington and Kimberly Shea were awarded the opportunity to further their research and careers by becoming...
Nurse of the Week: ICU Nurse Kristina Dejesus Helps Save Her Own Life After Losing Arm
Our Nurse of the Week is Kristina Dejesus, an ICU nurse from New Jersey who helped save her own life after losing her arm in a boat propeller accident. Dejesus was on a trip to Texas with her friends in October 2017 when tragedy struck during a boat trip on Lake...
Nurse of the Week: University of Arizona Clinical Nurse Instructor Sheri Carson Develops Child Abuse Screening Tool
Our Nurse of the Week is Sheri Carson, a clinical instructor in the University of Arizona (UA) College of Nursing who developed a child abuse screening program to help emergency room nurses recognize the signs of abuse early on. Children are in and out of emergency...
Nurse of the Week: Lindsey Moore Westenhofer Inspired to Become Nursing Director of the US Space and Rocket Center
Our Nurse of the Week is Lindsey Westenhofer, the Director of Nursing for the US Space and Rocket Center (USSRC), a career path she chose after shadowing her mom at a young age while her mother was a nursing student. Westenhofer tells UAH.edu, “My mother began her...
Nurse of the Week: Air Force Veteran Casey Botelho Stays True to Dream of Serving as a Nurse
Our Nurse of the Week is Casey Botelho, an Air Force Veteran and first-generation college graduate who stayed true to her dream of becoming a nurse and then decided to give back by serving fellow veterans at the VA. Botelho currently works as a medical/surgical...
Nurse of the Week: New Mexico Nurse Misty Eskridge Proves It’s Never Too Late to Follow Your Dreams
Our Nurse of the Week is Misty Eskridge, a 47-year-old resident of Rio Rancho, New Mexico, who graduated with her nursing degree from Central New Mexico Community College this past fall. She has been on a path to a nursing career since 1992 but after extenuating...
Nurses of the Week: New Mexico State University Nurse Researchers to Help Border Residents Thanks to Grant
Our Nurses of the Week are the researchers from the New Mexico State University (NMSU) School of Nursing who are helping border residents thanks to a grant from the New Mexico Department of Health’s Office of Border Health. The grant is going to fund a project that...
Nurse of the Week: Christina Van Der Weide Wins Halo’s Most Interesting Nurse in the World Contest
Our Nurse of the Week is Christina Van Der Weide, a nurse at Mercy Health St. Mary's in Grand Rapids, Michigan, who won Halo's Most Interesting Nurse in the World contest. Weide was chosen from five finalists across the US and, as the winner, will enjoy a $5,000...
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