Give our nurses the gift of hope today
Nursing is more than a career. It’s a chance to make a difference.
Since COVID-19 began, nurses have worked tirelessly to care for others in unprecedented times. Nurses have stood by our side and cared for us beyond our diagnoses and treatments to guide us to our best health possible.
Giving to say thank you
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Celebrating our remarkable nurses
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Nurse in chief
Nikki Nissen leads with gratitude and humility.
Julie Guentner: Born a nurse
Meet the ‘mama bear’ of Hemby Children’s Hospital.
Mel McMillan: ‘Music is like medicine’
Meet the nurse with a song in her heart.
A portrait of heroes
Nurses at Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center worked tirelessly to care for others in unprecedented times.
A nurse’s courage
Wendy Cort, a registered nurse, cherishes the brave team who saved her from COVID-19.
Finding a path forward
Around Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center, most people know Sarah Farmer. She’s a local — born and raised in Brunswick — and a nurse. When Brunswick County natives come to the hospital, they will often ask for her.
Making #CLTStrong
Since the start of the pandemic, Caroline Elliott has raised more than $85,000 to feed front-line workers in the fight against COVID-19. It’s a campaign that has taken on a life of its own since its launch back in March, gaining momentum, attracting volunteers and making an impact.
On a mission to make a difference
It all started when her brother was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a type of cancer most common among small children. At the time, she was 14. He was 6.
Taking action on the front lines of COVID-19
Melissa Morin doesn’t like to sit still. Over the course of her career in healthcare, that energy has been her signature, her specialty and her superpower.
‘We’re beating this’
It sounded like a burglar alarm.
Cindy Little was at her former church in Charleston, South Carolina, when she heard it. She wasn’t sure where it was coming from, but she knew something was up.
Finding purpose in a pandemic
The patient couldn’t breathe. He had come into the emergency room still able to speak. Then, all of a sudden, he was slipping in and out of consciousness. It all felt like a dream. But somewhere in that dream, he knew Amanda Chilton would do whatever it took to save him.
Right place, wrong job
Debbie Daniels has been part of Novant Health since she was 16 years old. She started in accounts payable. Her mom worked in that department and helped get Daniels a part-time job that she kept through high school and as she went off to college at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Infection prevention in the time of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic may have taken the world by storm in 2020, but Heather Ridge has been preparing for this moment her entire career.
‘Leaders are made in moments like this’
When you ask Rob Stumbo about the most poignant moment in his nursing career, he takes you back to 2018, when he was standing on the helipad of Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center in the hours immediately after Hurricane Florence had battered the surrounding community.
For newly minted nurse Savannah Hayes, COVID-19 is a ‘baptism by fire’
On Good Friday, Savannah Hayes drove into work at the COVID-19 screening center at Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center with a basket of eggs in the seat next to her.