"Olivia, a former patient at Shriners Children’s Boston, came to the hospital when she was 8 after suffering from extreme third-degree burns when hot water in a pot for mac-n-cheese scalded her left shoulder and upper back. She underwent several burn graft surgeries and stayed in the hospital for almost a month after the accident. She said the personalized care she received while she was a patient is what inspired her to become a nurse.
“The care at Shriners Children’s Boston was so drastically
different from any other care I received as a child,” said Olivia. “As soon as
we walked in the hospital doors it was clear that this is what they do, what
they are experts in. It was incredible to see the way everyone worked together,
the nurses, the occupational and physical
therapists, the surgeons and the physicians. I think about my nurses I
had at Shriners Children’s all the time and how they were able to advocate for
my needs for me and my family. The care the staff at the hospital provided me
to make me feel OK during a really scary time is really what influenced me to
be where I am today.”
Olivia graduated in 2023 with a degree in nursing from
Fairfield University in Connecticut. Today, she’s a nurse at Beth Israel
Deaconess Medical Center on a General Medicine floor. She credits Shriners
Children’s with turning a devastating burn injury into an opportunity to see a
career field she never thought of before."
Read more about Olivia at:
https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/news-and-media/news/2024/05/next-generation-of-nurses
Cheers!
Donna
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