Nursing

Shortly after starting his nursing job at Mayo Clinic Health System in Red Wing, Chris Heesch was looking for a creative outlet outside of work.[...]

By In the Loop • June 12, 2018

Heather Bird had planned to become a teacher. Instead, this summer she'll start her career as a nurse at Mayo Clinic, where she had a[...]

By In the Loop • May 31, 2018

Lauren Iudiciani checks on her patient, making sure the girl and her mother have everything they need. She then brings in a four-legged visitor to[...]

By In the Loop • October 19, 2017

As a young girl, Taylar Olson watched her mother go through nursing school while raising five kids. Taylar soon found herself following in her mother’s[...]

By In the Loop • June 6, 2017

Fifteen years ago, Barb Wilker decided — pretty much on a whim — to become an ordained minister. "Not because I had some big religious[...]

By In the Loop • March 14, 2017

Having ear tubes placed is a fairly routine childhood procedure. But as any parent knows, nothing is routine when it's happening to your child. So[...]

By In the Loop • March 14, 2017

It's been a long, lonely and sometimes dangerous road to Mayo Clinic for registered nurse Habibo Haji. Born in Somalia, Habibo was just six months[...]

By In the Loop • February 7, 2017

Amber Kohnhorst loves animals and adventure. The trip she'd planned to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Utah promised both. She'd spend time volunteering at the[...]

By In the Loop • June 9, 2016

Spencer Simpson almost didn't apply. As she stared at the Summer III posting from Mayo Clinic she'd found online, she wasn't sure she'd have a[...]

By In the Loop • March 22, 2016

By the time she came to Mayo Clinic's Rochester campus in 2011, Jonica Lincoln had a case of ulcerative colitis so bad that it was not only[...]

By In the Loop • February 9, 2016