From Paralyzed Patient to Spinal Cord Nurse: Rachel Stewart, BSN, RN, Turns Trauma into Triumph - Daily Nurse

From Paralyzed Patient to Spinal Cord Nurse: Rachel Stewart, BSN, RN, Turns Trauma into Triumph - Daily Nurse

In nursing, empathy is essential—but for Rachel Stewart, BSN, RN, empathy comes with a lived perspective that few can match. In 2020, Stewart, a nursing student preparing for finals, was suddenly faced with an unexpected medical crisis that changed her life in an instant. Rushed to the hospital with internal bleeding and a collapsed lung, she was diagnosed with a massive spinal nerve tumor that had invaded her lung and spine. A procedure to cut …