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It was on Sept. 11, 2001, that Steven Richardson, RN, began to reassess his life. An architect for 14 years, Richardson reevaluated the kind of impact he was making in the world. It was then that he decided to become a nurse.
For Karen Green, RN, the call to nursing came at the age of 10 or 11 when an elderly woman lost control of her car and hit Green’s family home. Her mother, a nurse, rushed out of the house and responded immediately with a calm and compassionate manner that Green still remembers. “That day was the point I decided to be a nurse,” she said.
And Hallie Greenberg, RN, who always thought she would be a pharmacist, had a change of heart when she was treated in a hospital and admired her team of nurses. “Nothing made them flinch,” she said. “All I could think was, I need to be just like them.”
Green, Greenberg and Richardson were among several other nurses who shared their stories of “Why I Became a Nurse” in the opening video at last night’s annual Nurse Recognition Dinner, where all BWH nurses were feted.