Educational Collab Fast-Tracks Nurses to Bedside Care

Educational Collab Fast-Tracks Nurses to Bedside Care

SF State BSNA student Nate Challis receives immersive nurse training by Rosana Montemayor, a 20-year career nurse and new clinical instructor at Sutter’s CPMC in San Francisco. Montemayor received her nursing degree from SF State. By Jennifer Modenessi, Vitals...
4 Nurses Honored for Kindness, Contributions to Field

4 Nurses Honored for Kindness, Contributions to Field

By Stephanie Breitbart and Liz Madison, Vitals contributors Picture some of life’s most vulnerable moments. A baby, only seconds old, drawing in their first breaths and bellowing out tiny cries. The grimaces and grunts of someone who, despite a traumatic fall,...
‘Miracle’ Baby Home After 183 Days in the NICU

‘Miracle’ Baby Home After 183 Days in the NICU

Paris Sweeney Austin is grateful for simple pleasures like taking her baby Seiori outside for a walk to feel the breeze and the warmth of the sun. It’s something the 29-year-old doesn’t take for granted after enduring six months during which her tiny newborn fought to...
Stroke Study Informs Future Clot-Busting Treatment

Stroke Study Informs Future Clot-Busting Treatment

Pictured: Lyle Vanhorn and Terri Vanhorn With 30 years under his belt as a telecommunications network contractor, Lyle Vanhorn has scaled incredible heights and balanced irregular work hours that would flummox the best of us. So, when in 2022 a 5 a.m. wakeup call...