I’m Nancy in Jacksonville, FL. I was a divorced mom of 2 and worked in the Health Dept. part time and as a medical transcriber the rest of the time. All the nurses I worked with were so enthusiastic about the profession; and I wanted to be an insider in the mysterious hospital. When the first ASN program in Colorado was launched in 1964, I interviewed and was accepted. Later I went on the get a BSN and a masters in Psychiatric Nursing. I have worked in the field of psych and wellness all of my career and some jobs I would have paid the hospital to let me do!

My grandmother was a nurse, my great aunt was a nurse in a Base Hospital in France in WW I and one of my daughters is a nurse–it runs in the family. I want to pay tribute to Alice Berry who encouraged me and inspired me by her love of being a nurse.