- When Marika Klesic was diagnosed with breast cancer a year ago, she felt confident being treated by her employer, UI Hospitals & Clinics. When Klesic received incredible care from a nurse, she was grateful. Read more
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Recognizing the emotional toll that often accompanies a hospital visit, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) nurse Kayla Piplani, BSN, RN, strives to offer a little reprieve for her patients and...
Read more - Twenty-five years ago, Shannon Jensen knew she wanted to be in the medical profession and get started right away. A friend encouraged her to become a certified medical assistant (CMA) and she’s loved the job ever since. Read more
- With more than 50,000 visits since its opening in March, the UI Hospitals & Clinics Respiratory Illness Clinic serves as a care center for patients with COVID-19 or influenza symptoms. Read more
- Elizabeth Moore, RN, BSN, MBA, is a third-generation nurse. And while the mission of nursing remains much the same over multiple generations, the technology has drastically changed. Read more
- Heather Day was raised with the philosophy that if there’s work to be done, you do it. Read more
- Holly Smith realized her calling as a young girl. Smith began as a certified nursing assistant (CNA) at age 16, using dual credit in high school to become certified. Read more
- Jackie Wangui-Verry, MSN, RN-BC, knew she was caring for some of the most vulnerable people during the most vulnerable time in modern history. The assistant director of the Clinical Research Unit (CRU) oversees day-to-day operations and supervises the CRU clinical staff. Read more
- While a typical patient may get a physical once a year, dialysis patients must receive treatments three times a week, sometimes for the rest of their lives. Before COVID-19 made its appearance in our local communities, the dialysis team was preparing and thinking ahead for these patients. Read more
- Nicholas Klein, RN, had a recent experience with a patient that shows how nursing touches lives and how lives touch nurses. He reminds us all that compassionate care is oftentimes not just what one is obligated to do, but what one is compelled to do. Read more
