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Erin Norwood is first wheelchair user to graduate from VCU's nursing program
Erin Norwood, BSN “VCU was one of the few schools to say they were willing to work with me,” she said. “Preparing for a career in nursing while bound to a wheelchair has its challenges and obstacles,...
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Shriners Children's Boston inspired burn victim to become a nurse
"Olivia, a former patient at Shriners Children’s Boston, came to the hospital when she was 8 after suffering from extreme third-degree burns when hot water in a pot for mac-n-cheese scalded her left...
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Preparing for a nursing student with a service dog
Silbert-Flagg, J., Shilling, S. D., Lucas, L., Nolan, M. T., Lin, L., Bellefeuille, P., Foley, M., Mallareddy, D., Baker, D., & D'Aoust, R. (2020) published an article in The Journal of...
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Micro premie graduates from nursing school and will work at same NICU that...
Wendy Grossman Kantor reported on this story for People."This summer, Hayley Good will start working as a nurse in the same NICU she spent time in as a micro-preemie."“I grew up knowing how the nurses...
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Calling all nurses and nursing students with disabilities. This webinar is for you!!! #accessinnursingWe're thrilled to invite you to the upcoming event hosted by the DocsWithDisabilities Initiative:...
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Ever thought about becoming an independent nurse consultant?
Michelle Greene Rhodes can show you the way to get started! REGISTERED NURSE. AUTHOR. SPEAKER.Life coach. Mentor. Business Consultant."Michelle Greene Rhodes is known as The Life Coach and Business...
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Aaron Wimer aims to make an impact in mental health care as a psychiatric...
Wimer earned his bachelor’s degree from VCU School of Nursing in 2016 and joined VCU Health as a registered nurse in the cardiothoracic step-down unit. But he wanted to go back to school and become a...
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A rare form of dwarfism and renal failure didn't stop Rachael Johnson, RN
The Queensland Nurses and Midwives' Union reported the following on their Facebook page.QNMU member and RN Rachael Johnson has a rare form of dwarfism and was diagnosed with renal failure at a young...
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Personal experiences managing sickle cell disease inspire nurse to become a CRNA
Bria Sharp, right, student in the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program in the UT Health Science Center College of Nursing, decided to pursue nursing after her own experience managing sickle cell...
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Casey King, RN is a determined deaf nurse at Ohio State Medical Center
Alayna DeMartini, staff writer, at Ohio State Wexner Medical Center reported this story.“Although she’s been deaf all her life, King reads lips well. She, her interpreter and sometimes her co-workers...
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Taylor Mills defied the odds to become a nurse!
The University of Saint Francis featured this story."As a result of VACTERL association, Mills was born with missing tibia and fibula bones in her right leg and underwent a below-the-knee amputation...
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Nursing student Lauryn Matzke isn't letting cerebral palsy get in the way of...
Arizona Digital Free Press reported on this story."Lauryn Matzke is a first-year student at Western Maricopa Education Center, which is a career and technical education public school district based in...
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Brianna Fogelman, transplant patient, becomes a nurse at Johns Hopkins
AFRO News reported this story."When Brianna Fogelman checks on her patients, the Johns Hopkins nurse pays close attention to their emotional state. She knows that’s expected of every nurse, but it...
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Congratulations to the Exceptional Nurse 2024 Scholarship winners!
Nursing students with a wide range of disabilities are being admitted to nursing programs. Disabilities may include hearing loss, low vision, learning disabilities, limb differences, paralysis, mental...
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The "I am a nurse: Color me Exceptional" coloring book is now published in...
Many thanks to my Japanese colleagues who helped to make this possible.Cheers!DonnaThe coloring book is available at:https://amzn.asia/d/5rjxl3y
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Tales from a Scottish neurodivergent student nurse
"This diagnosis has answered so many unanswered questions about myself. I have shared this in the hope that this also offers insight to my friends, family and those who know me. Being different has...
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Shone’s complex, a congenital heart defect, didn't stop this PICU nurse!
UI Healthcare reported this story.Margaret “Maggie” Behounek is a nurse in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital who connects with her...
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