Wendi Alvarado: survival
My name is Wendi Alvarado. It’s scary to open up and share things for me, but I love the Walk in My Shoes campaign and I believe in Jamestown Regional Medical Center’s...
read moreKatie Ryan-Anderson: my baby
Bad sign: Lying spread-eagle on the hospital bed not two minutes post-partum, I was bleeding and alone. My husband, the doctor and the medical staff had rushed from delivery to attend to...
read moreRenae Lunde: miscarriage
My story picked me on December 6, 2005, it was a normal morning at work I had just got done assessing my postpartum moms when the phone rang and Dr. Hoggarth told...
read moreCarolyn Reisnour: nursing career
Based on our own life experiences we are all heroes. I think of my life being similar to a novel. I am the only one who can write my story. No one...
read moreRachel MacDonald: compassion
Throughout my career in nursing, I have learned to overcome some of the most challenging obstacles in life and have been so inspired along the way. I have seen what life looks...
read moreSarah Jacobson: communication
There’s something strange about being around so many happy patients. In fact, unusual happiness has been perceived as so unsettling that author Ira Levin created The Stepford Wives; in order to produce...
read moreNYNY: Finding the Time
By Emily Hoffman, JRMC Exercise Physiologist “Those who do not have time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.” ~ Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby in...
read moreHoffman: Get steppin’
Emily Hoffman, JRMC Exercise Physiologist Pedometers are nearly becoming a thing of the past as our options for fitness trackers are seemingly endless through technological advances. Whether you have a fitbit, an...
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