Scholarship winner pursues nursing after receiving compassionate care Alyssa Yeoman thought she wanted to be a teacher. Then fate intervened and changed the course of her life. When Yeoman was 14, a pediatric cardiologist at Riley Hospital for Children diagnosed her with sinus tachycardia, a high resting heart rate. Tachycardia is a heart abnormality that […]
School doubling enrollment and launching PhD program to fill the need When a woman under her care at Carle Hospital in Urbana, Illinois, developed new symptoms, registered nurse Megan Klotz (NURS’16) drew on her knowledge, consulted other healthcare professionals, and, following the team’s assessment, continued monitoring her. While her patient remained stable, Klotz was not […]
When Elizabeth Carter (HHS’12) landed her job at Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health in Indianapolis, she didn’t just fulfill her dream, she actually was returning to where her life began. As a quadruplet born at 30 weeks, she started life in the Riley Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU); and now, all grown up, […]
