Why did you decide to enter the military? I entered for the educational opportunities the military offers. What were the educational opportunities you pursued? I received my Nursing Diploma from …
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After graduating high school in a small island in East Africa, Ahmid Rizik moved to the United States. He says that he was always “medically curious” as a child, …
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Florise “Lulu” Louis moved to the United States from Haiti when she was 18 years old. The suffering she witnessed there inspired her to help others from a young …
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Keeylynn McGriff has been a Registered Nurse at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh’s Northside for a year. He comes from a line of nurses: his grandmother retired from the VA …
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During Nurse Week, the Nurse Alliance is proud to showcase a story each day of a nurse, elected by his or her colleagues, who is making a different in her …
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Donna Leckey, RN has nearly two decades of experience as a psychiatric nurse. In her interview, she describes her “special passion” for working with psychiatric patients. She also discusses her …
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Washington D.C. January 10, 2017. SEIU Nurse Alliance leaders Kathy Hughes, RN, SEIU 121RN Liaison to the SEIU Nurse Alliance of California and Deborah Bonn, RN and Director of SEIU …
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What is a “Veteran”? A “Veteran”- whether active duty, discharged, retired, or reserve- is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to “The …
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A message from Neal Bisno, President, SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania: This year, as every year, Nurses Week provides an important opportunity to reflect on the inspiring contributions made by nurses who, …
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Part six of our week-long series highlighting some of the amazing nurses of the Nurse Alliance of SEIU Pennsylvania. What does Tara Householder love about being a nurse? “Everything,” she said. …
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