nursing

The power of social media has helped an Albany woman find the nurse who cared for her almost 40 years ago. Amanda Scarpinati, of Athens New York, suffered third degree burns when she was just 3 months old after rolling into a steam humidifier. 20 years ago she tried to find the nurse who looked after her, but with no luck. Her luck changed after turning her search to Facebook.

We salute all of the dedicated nurses in central New York during "National Nurses Week", which starts Tuesday, May 6th. There are several nurses in my family, and I know how valuable nurses are to our overall health care community.