 A graduate of Lincoln Community High School, Row spent a lot of time
at the hospital as a candy striper, in medical records and as an
aide. She earned her nursing degree from Decatur Memorial Hospital
through the Millikin University School of Nursing. Row has worked in
a variety of roles as a surgical nurse, including the open heart
surgery unit at St. John's and now as a pre-surgical planning nurse.
In fact, she worked with the first general surgeon at Abraham
Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Dr. John Nolan.
Looking back on her career as a nurse, Row says that she has
always been drawn to surgery. She remembers her first surgery
observation as a nursing student with the others in her class.
"Five of us were all standing up against the wall in the
operating room. I was standing in the middle. We were told not to
touch anything or even move and just observe. As the surgeon made
his first incision, I'll never forget it, the two students on my
right side just slid right down the wall and passed out, and the
next thing you know, the two students on my left side slid down the
wall and passed out. The surgeon looked at me as the last one
standing and said, 'I think you have found your place.' And he was
right. Surgery has always been my niche," said Row.
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During her career, Row also spent time as the school nurse at
Lincoln Community High School from 1985 to 1995 and enjoyed her time
there as well.
"I really did enjoy working with the kids, too," said Row.
Her husband, Danny, is a sales associate at Lincoln Chrysler
Dodge & Jeep in Lincoln. They enjoy travel and look forward to
several trips already planned for this summer and fall.
There was a cake and punch reception in the Graue Room at Abraham
Lincoln Memorial Hospital on Friday to celebrate Row's commitment to
the field of nursing, ALMH and her patients.
ALMH is a 25-bed critical-access hospital at 200
Stahlhut Drive in Lincoln, Illinois. For more information about the
hospital, visit www.almh.org.
[Text from file received from
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital]
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