Voice from above launches long nursing career
“Since I was about a year old, I was always sweating. I used to sweat when I’d drive by a hospital. When I’d get my immunizations in elementary school, I’d pass out or come close to...
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Reiki helps promote healing, reduce stress
After caring for patients for many years as a nurse, Ralph Zamarron still has a strong desire to help people. One way he is doing that is through Reiki therapy. Reiki is a Japanese technique for...
Nursing student determined to set good example
“This isn’t my first time trying to complete the RN program. I dropped out three times. It was a bunch of different things. Dealing with my kids, jobs, babysitters, and the back and forth with school,...
Taking a positive approach to life’s twists, turns
“I worked in health care for 12 or 13 years doing hyperbaric medicine. I finally got tired of that, and I decided it was time for a change. I went back to school, thinking I’d get...
College student battling through fear of change
“I’ve always been afraid of moving forward and seeing where life is going to lead me. When I graduated high school, everybody was trying to go to a big university but I was too afraid to...
She goes the extra mile to help husband with MS
“I was perfectly happy just being a registered nurse and doing my thing. I always wanted to be a nurse practitioner, but never thought I’d go back to school to achieve that. “My motivations are different...
Helping elderly people inspires this nurse
“I had an aunt who was sick and required medical attention. She had a trach tube, so I went ahead and took the class. I didn’t really have a choice because we didn’t want to put...
She likes ‘changing people’ through cosmetology
“I always knew cosmetology was for me but my parents were like, ‘That’s not really a career. It’s not really something that will get you anywhere.’ But I was like, ‘Dad, you have a sister who...
Tongue works just fine now for ‘Ratchet Jaw’
“I was 6 years old, and I wanted to brush my teeth. So I climbed on the toilet bowl to the sink to try to get the toothpaste. When I reached out, I slipped. I guess...
Nurse’s upbeat attitude helps with difficult patients
“Some patients are just always going to complain or be grumpy, no matter what. And some nurses just don’t take it very well. It’s not that they don’t care. It’s just not their personality. “So the...
