Smiles of Amare

This status is an honorable distinction that separates the great staffing institutions from the mediocre.

“My favorite part of being a nurse is the families.” Becca Pape loves taking care of open-heart surgery patients in the ICU, but she didn’t always know she wanted to be a nurse. “I was in the Army, and I used my GI Bill for my first bachelor’s degree,” she said. “I could only find…

“My favorite part of being a nurse is showing compassion and understanding when someone feels hopeless or in pain.”

“I make it my goal to provide the best care I possibly can and be there as a listening ear or a crying shoulder for all the residents I come in contact with.”

“They were like family to him,” she said about the nurses who cared for her grandfather. “I wanted to be that person in someone’s life.”