Read Their Stories

	Pamela Murzynski RN, MSN
	Debbie Desser, RN, BSN
	Melanie Henderson, RN
	Amy Jo Lybrook, RN
	Connie Day, RN
	Larraine Sarti, RN

Cardiac Rehab Nursing
Debbie Leone, RN & Sue Simon, RN
Cardiac Rehab is a medically supervised, monitored exercise and education program that is offered to people who have had a recent heart attack, stents or open heart surgery. Read more »

Nurse’s Strength, Commitment, Compassion
Pamela Murzynski RN, MSN
I was introduced to the hospital setting at the young age of 4. My father, who had been working two jobs to support my mother and me, began to become ill. He eventually went blind and later developed chronic renal failure. This was back in 1963 when no high-tech hemodialysis equipment was available to support his condition. Read more »

Debbie Desser RN, BSN
When I think back, deciding to be a nurse came natural to me. I don’t remember wanting to be one since I was a little girl, but also don’t remember agonizing over a decision of “what I’m going to be when I grow up” in high school. Maybe it’s because my mom and her two sisters are nurses and I have always felt very proud of them when they would tell their stories. Read more »

Oncology Nurse Navigator
Peggy Camino RNC, BSN
As spring rounds the corner I will celebrate twenty years of service at Saint Vincent Health Center. This year brings a two fold celebration; my years of service and a new nursing position at the hospital. I am the oncology nurse navigator. Such a big title: what does it mean? Read more »

My Calling...Nursing
Melanie Henderson, RN
Not long ago, I took care of a woman I’ll called “Smiley” because she had a smiley-faced watch and was always smiling and laughing. She came to my oncology unit at Saint Vincent Health Center after failing a bone marrow transplant with less than 30 days until she reached the golden “100th” day. Read more »

Nursing Through the Years
Jan Tssario, RN, BSN
I have been a nurse for the past 31 years. Looking back on where I came from and looking forward to where we are going I am simply amazed! Read more »

Nursing Together
Christine Sweeney, RN
When I entered Saint Benedict’s High School in 1967, there were two directions for the girls to go – Business or Academic. I chose Academic and I’m not sure why. Closer to graduation there was another choice – Nurse or Teacher. Read more »

My Inspiration Is My Brother
Amy Jo Lybrook, R.N.
In 1999, at the age of 25, my brother Bobby was diagnosed with testicular cancer. He went through two years of treatment which included surgeries, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and stem cell transplants. Read more »

War Nursing
Connie Day, RN
*Note-Connie Day is the director of Emergency Services at Saint Vincent Health Center. But, since January, Connie has been stationed in Kuwait at a military medical center near the Iraqi-Kuwait border treating soldiers who were injured in the battlefield. Connie is a Lt. Col in the U.S. Air Force Reserve. Here is a small idea of her life in Kuwait. Read more »

A Battle Lost, A Lesson Learned
Larraine Sarti, RN
I have taken care of many patients, from those just brought into this world to those taking their last breaths. One gentleman stands out above the rest. He had prostate cancer. He went from a strong totally independent man to slowly becoming dependant on others to care for him. The cancer slowly robbed him, first of bladder control, then the ability to get out of bed without a brace. Read more »

Memories
Margo Kertis, RN
Classes were a challenge, but they opened the door.
A career, a life of giving was about to begin. Read more »