Nursing Kicks off 40 years of training Registered Nurses with "Nursing: A Caring Continuum" program
Gloria Kieffer, director of nursing for the Zanesville Muskingum County Health Department spoke to nearly 300 nursing professionals at Ohio University-Zanesville recently. Kieffer joined Amanda Robbins and Becky Joseph as the three presented Nursing: A Caring Continuum. The three registered nurses are connected discovered they are connected as Kieffer was Joseph's nurse and decided to become a nurse because of her; Robbins, the newest to the profession decided to become a nurse because of Joseph's influence. Together the three shared laughs and tears through their collective years of nursing. The Nursing: A Caring Continuum program was the kick off of a year-long celebration of Ohio University-Zanesville training registered nurses in the community. Some of the events scheduled include So You Want to Be a Nurse for elementary students in July, various community health fairs throughout the year and a final celebration scheduled for May 13, 2010.