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Rebecca Baldassarre made a promise that she was determined to keep.

Her adopted uncle, Raymond Womack, was spending his final days in the hospital. One of Womack’s last wishes was to see Rebecca become a nurse in the United States.

As a radiologic technologist, Rebecca Abner earned a good living near her home in southern Kentucky, but she felt unfulfilled. She could see patients’ problems on X-rays, but she couldn’t intervene to help them heal. “It just wasn’t enough,” she said. “I always wanted more.”

Earning a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) requires immense dedication, but for Eileen Burger, a recent graduate of Galen College of Nursing Gainesville, it demanded extraordinary resilience. Her story is a testament to perseverance, highlighting the crucial support for nursing students provided by Galen’s faculty and staff.

By: Blair Mackenzie, EdD, MFA, MBA, BA A&S Professor  Nursing students juggle family, jobs, social obligations, and studying. In September 2024, students added to those obstacles a lack of electricity, internet connections, transportation, clean water, and food. Students from the areas affected by Hurricane Helene have had to drop out of nursing school because of
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