First A Nurse: No Matter Where, No Matter What | Page 2

CONTENTS
4 Three Little Words That Can Change Lives
6 Fight or Flight?
8 The Making of a Humanitarian Nurse
10 A Beacon in the Dark of Night
12 Serving the Community—It’s a Calling
14 Human Life—Nothing to Gamble With
16 Putting Others First—It’s the Spartan Way
18 Taking Action After Tragedy Hits
20 On the Ground and In the Air—On Duty 24/7
22 Life-and-Death Decisions
24 Why We Care—First Endowed Chair
for Behavioral Mental Health Nursing Education
26 Funding
28 Publications
31 #MSUFirstANurse
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Dean: Randolph F. R. Rasch, PhD, RN, FNP, FAANP
Editor: Jill Vondrasek, MBA, Marketing and
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Writer: Laura Luptowski Seeley
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Photography: Gennara Photography and
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