PHOTO BY MAYA HARRIS
PHOTO BY AUS- TRIAN NATIONAL LIBRARY
“YOU CAN’T DO THAT. YOU’RE THE WRONG COLOR AND THE WRONG GENDER.”
FROM ACADEMIA TO THE SLOPES
my Master’s Degree from Villanova University, and was ABD from PSU for my doctorate in Adult Education. I’ve been mostly an academic but I still do hands on emergency care at the age of 72. I love my volunteer po- sition at Blue Mountain Resort in the Poconos with the NSP, which is year round with starting new candidates in the spring and transiting into fall refreshers before the actual snow
flies. It keeps me young and busy outside throughout the year. Submitted by Cynthia Terry, PA
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ext year I will be cele- brating 50 years as an RN. Got my BSN from Pennsylvania State Uni - versity in 1975. One of
AGAINST THE ODDS
I
was about 12 years old when I realized I wanted to become a nurse. When I was young we had an elderly lady from church who was living all
my chief accomplishments has been being an Outdoor Emergency Care Instructor with the National Ski Pa - trol for 35 of those years. I also have
29 THE EVERYDAY NURSE
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