Nursing
April 28, 2024
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Banking to Nurse Management: Pauline Guthrie, R.N., B.S.N., M.S.N.

Before Daisy Award Recipient Pauline Guthrie became a nurse, she worked at a bank for several years. Though she had received a degree in business administration from QueensBorough Community College, it was only a matter of time before she would join the career path of her sisters, who were all nurses.  A particularly impactful moment […]

Nursing
October 12, 2023
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Cambodian Genocide Refugee Turned Cardiac Nurse: Phalary Huy, R.N., B.S.N.

On April 7, 1975, the Khmer Rouge communist regime conquered the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh. Their occupation aimed for Cambodia to become a classless society, instituting extreme communism and abolishing civil and political rights, money, private property and religion.  Citizens were forced to farm in harsh conditions, and anyone deemed an “intellectual” was killed, […]

Cardiology, Hospital Administration
September 23, 2023
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Changing Patient Lives through Interventional Cardiology: Manesh Patel, M.D.

When Duke University School of Medicine Chief of Cardiology and Clinical Pharmacology Manesh Patel took interest in medicine, he wanted to apply science to people. Then, he took interest in internal medicine and its subspecialties, believing it was the strongest way to “think about all aspects of the patient.” Finally, Patel took interest in hospital […]