F E A T U R E | Granting a new direction
Granting a new direction By Claire Curry
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icholas Sturm ’18 has served on the front lines of countless emergencies— as a volunteer firefighter, a paramedic and a registered nurse. The ability to work under pressure and rescue others facing lifethreatening situations is truly his calling. It’s also what inspired him to pursue a career in the health care field. “One of my aspirations is to become a flight nurse with Life Lion,” he said, referring to Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center’s Critical Care Transport Unit. Joining the hospital’s staff as a registered nurse last fall put him one step closer toward that
Nursing student Elizabeth Ali ’20 demonstrates on the pregnancy simulator in the nursing simulation lab.
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