A kind nurse from Victoria, Australia, is helping adults and people with disabilities keep their dignity intact by making bibs that look like regular clothing. As a nurse, Paige Meyer felt that putting childlike bibs on her patients to feed them can be humiliating, even though they don’t actually say it. That’s why she never … Read more
A Pennsylvania oncology nurse stepped up in a big way when her terminally ill patient asked if she could adopt her only son when she died. Tricia Seaman was a nurse at Pinnacle Health Community General in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, when she first met Tricia Somers, a single mom to her then eight-year-old son, Wesley. The … Read more
A kind New York nurse went above and beyond the call of duty when she rescued a patient’s beloved dog from the pound. John Burley, 60, was forced to surrender his 13-year-old dog, Boomer, when he was hospitalized due to pneumonia the day before Thanksgiving. John worried about his four-legged best friend, so on the … Read more
It can be very emotionally challenging to work in a hospital, may it be as a medical staff, a doctor, or a nurse. This is because you get to witness very serious life situations, not just in terms of health conditions but also the many things happening at the background, like hospital visitors looking out … Read more
Many people are dedicated to their jobs, but Brooke Johns a Las Vegas nurse takes her work commitment to the next level. Brooke, an emergency nurse at Southern Hills Hospital in Las Vegas, works even during her days off. The 40-year-old heads back to the hospital to render lonely patients with much-needed human connection by … Read more
There have been over 26M coronavirus cases and more than 435K deaths reported in the United States. After almost a year into the pandemic, many citizens are still scrambling to get back on their feet. And those who have it worse are the homeless population, especially those who have personally suffered from the virus. Rebecca … Read more
In April, two women traveled from Arkansas to New York, part of a cavalry of health care workers who had decided to work in the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. While their actions were nothing short of heroic, these two women are particularly noteworthy – Uchenna Onyia-Murphy and Ona Onyia are mother and daughter who … Read more
When Joe Tasby and his dog Cupid walked into the emergency room of a Nevada hospital in mid-March, he thought they’d be able to go home in a matter of days. The 70-year-old Vietnam veteran, who is blind, went to HCA Healthcare’s Southern Hills Hospital in Las Vegas, believing he had torn a shoulder tendon … Read more
The neonatal intensive care unit is not a usual place for reunions. Still, it became one when a NICU nurse and a former preemie she cared for 33 years ago crossed paths once again! On January 30, Zayne Alexander Caldwell was born at Saint Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He came out … Read more
Jonathan Pinkard, a 27-year-old man with autism, desperately needed a heart transplant to save his life. Unfortunately, he was removed from the transplant list after it was discovered that he lacked a support system. But thanks to this nurse, Jonathan got not only a second chance in life but also a family who would take … Read more
“Who’s this beautiful angel?” was Liz Smith’s first thought when she saw the bright blue-eyed girl on her way to work as director of nursing at Franciscan Children’s hospital in Brighton, Massachusetts. It turns out that she was a NICU preemie, and she was going to change Smith’s life forever. Eight month old Giselle was … Read more
When a nurse shared a picture of her daughter’s lemonade stand on Facebook, she didn’t expect that 30 bikers would come revving up on their block to drop by. It all began in September of last year when Daryn Sturch and her daughter, Bryanne, came across a serious accident involving multiple motorcycles on State Road … Read more