Nursing director’s 3 daughters follow her path in the medical field at Mission Hospital
By Taylor Thompson
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ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Tuesday marks the end of National Nurses Week. News 13 sat down with a group of nurses from Mission Hospital who are putting in generations of care.
Lynn Maloy, now a nursing director, began her career at Mission back in 2002. She had no idea at the time that all three of her daughters would follow in her footsteps.
“It’s been a blessing to have all of them here at the hospital. It makes me choke up a little,” she said.
They all work in different departments throughout the hospital: Sarah Maloy is a pediatric nurse anesthetist. Ashley Tanner is an RN in the wound and burn clinic. Brooke Lusk is a school teacher and a PCT in the pediatric unit.
Lynn said the irony is that they hardly see each other working in these different departments, but it’s great knowing that everyone is under one roof. All of Lynn’s daughters credited her work ethic and encouragement for why they began their nursing careers.
“She has the most grit of anyone I’ve ever met in my entire life,” Sarah said.
For all of them, National Nurses Week means more being part of what goes on inside the hospital walls.
“Nurses are really underappreciated. There’s so much that goes on behind the scenes that nurses do that people just don’t understand and they’re quick to blame if something goes wrong – blame the nurse,” Sarah said.
Lynn said that nursing was a second career for her, but she could not imagine doing anything else or doing this job anywhere else but Mission Hospital. Nursing is a physical, mental and emotional job. Lynn explained how nurses shoulder the vast responsibility of patient care in the hospital.
“Nurses kind of carried the whole world through the pandemic; it’s very touching to me, spending my career here and seeing the growth of nurses,” she said.
Now, there are already efforts for the generational trend to continue.
“My daughter has already said she wants to be an ER nurse,” Brooke said.
Lynn said that between her and her girls, they have around 50 years of work at Mission Hospital and plan to end their careers there. While National Nurses Week has come to a close, this group of nurses reminds everyone that they deserve to be appreciated year-round.
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