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The screening program uncovered abnormal results, leading to a cancer diagnosis, including 25 breast cancers, 2 cervical cancer, and 31 colorectal cancers. By teaming up with nursing students and ...

In Julia Paronish-Ludwig’s first job following her graduation from nursing school, she worked in an orthopedic-monitoring unit at Conemaugh Hospital with another new nurse on a holiday weekend, with ...