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Daniel Edgar works as an emergency department staff nurse at Wellspan Good Samaritan Hospital in Lebanon , Pennsylvania . He is a U . S . Army veteran of the Persian Gulf War who was first exposed to the medical field as a combat lifesaver . He holds an associate ’ s degree from Penn State University and bachelor ’ s degrees from Eastern Mennonite University and Capella University . Edgar is a graduate of the Harrisburg Area Community College ’ s paramedic program ( 2000 ) and Excelsior College ’ s nursing program ( 2009 ). He currently attends Widener University ’ s family nurse practitioner program .
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