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In the course of a lifetime, every career path has twists and turns, but to Jackie Patterson, nursing is a field in which “you kind of end up falling into things.”

After nearly 21 years, Pollack’s way of doing things has gained her “an incredible support system” in the workplace that she describes as a second family.

Regaled with tales of nursing by her grandmother, who worked at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, Massachusetts native Sarah Wolf was headed for a career in medicine as early as high school.

An intimate understanding of what happens to the human body, particularly during end of life, has informed Becker’s bedside manner and assessment of what patients and families need.

A competitive horseback rider in her youth, equestrianism taught Lisa Farace the values of responsibility and caring from an early age.

Nursing is a broad profession, but specialties like flight nursing allow it to touch a variety of lives and people.