Tag: Nurses Week


Twins Support Each Other in Nurse Anesthesia Goal

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Portrait of Hunter and Spencer Turner

They finish each other’s sentences, they have traveled the world together, and now they are completing a rigorous program in what some call healthcare’s best-kept secret: nurse anesthesia. Hunter and Spencer Turner, 27, are identical twins who grew up in Japan, Italy, and Brighton, Tennessee. Sons of a United States Department of Defense employee, the… Read More


College of Nursing Honors Nurse Heroes for Nurses Week

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In its ninth year, the NightinGala and Nurse Hero Awards will honor nurses from leading health care institutions in Memphis and the University of Tennessee Southern during the sold-out gala on May 2. The celebration of nursing will also welcome Nurse Blake, a nurse and touring comedian who has performed for more than 250,000 nurses… Read More


UTHSC College of Nursing Honors Nurse Heroes at Seventh-Annual NightinGala

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Six local nurses received awards for excellence in the nursing profession at the seventh-annual NightinGala May 5, hosted by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing. More than 230 nurses and supporters attended the event, which launched the local celebration of National Nurses Week, May 6-12. “I am proud that nursing has… Read More