Nurse of the Week: Mark Casanova Set to Become First Latino Male Nursing Graduate at IU-Bloomington
Our Nurse of the Week is Mark Casanova, a senior in the Indiana University (IU) Bloomington School of Nursing, who is set to become the school’s first Latino male nursing graduate. He is set to graduate this May and hopes his story will help inspire other people of...
Nurse of the Week: National Academy of Medicine Names NYU Nursing Professor Allison Squires Distinguished Nurse Scholar-in-Residence
Our Nurse of the Week is Allison Squires, a professor in the NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing, who has been selected as the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Distinguished Nurse Scholar-in-Residence for the Future of Nursing 2020-2030 Study. The Distinguished Nurse...
Nurse of the Week: Angela Farnan Adopts Baby With Rare Heart Condition She Cared for as a Nurse in the ICU
Our Nurse of the Week is Angela Farnan, a nurse in the pediatric ICU at OSF Children’s Hospital of Illinois who adopted a baby with a rare condition who she cared for after he was born. Blaze, who turns 2 in May, suffered from hypo plastic left heart syndrome, a rare...
Nurse of the Week: Nurse, Mother, and Former Camp Counselor Meg Busing Founds Camp YouCan
Our Nurse of the Week is Meg Busing, a nurse, mother, and former camp counselor who founded Camp YouCan, a summer camp in Nebraska for kids with epilepsy. She was inspired to found the camp after going through her own health struggles and after serving as a counselor...
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 Program
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...
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