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Achieving balance with a full family and work life

“I got started in nursing pretty much when my mom passed away. She was in hospice. My mom was diagnosed with lung cancer. Before that, I was at Howard University in their pre med program. I wanted to be an OBGYN. When my mom got sick, I came home. I took care of her and I saw the care that she was given by her hospice nurses. I also had to learn many of those procedures myself by taking care of her and it interested me into nursing. So, I went to school for my associate's degree in nursing. Before I went to school for my associate, I went for my LPN. I was not admitted, unfortunately, into the LPN program, because they had too many students, and my GPA was only a 3.8. I was not accepted into their program, so I immediately went to the RN program and was accepted. That's when I started my journey in my associate's degree.”

Dr. Ebonee Gresham is a Clinical Team Lead at SnapNurse, where she is a leader to hundreds of nurses sent to conduct assignments during the pandemic. Her bachelor’s degree in registered nursing is from Georgia State University Perimeter College. Her MSN in Leadership and Management is from Walden University, and her doctorate in nursing practice is from the Georgia State School of Nursing and Health Professions. In the past, Dr. Gresham has served with the Georgia Department of Public Health as a supervisor and clinical nurse coordinator.

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