Rise Horn:  

Hi everyone! Just a profile update. ( 2021) , I graduated as an RN from Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing in 1977. and have worked in the Operating Room, as well as PACU,GI Lab, Pre-op, ER, Telemetry, and Home Care, I continue to work in Ambulatory Surgery, not ready to retire, .yet ,anyway ! I was off 2 1/2 months due to Covid 19 last year like many other people. Luckily, my employer paid 70% of my salary. I was bored out of my mind. However in July, my employer informed us that our surgery center was going out of business. I had worked there 20+ years. I had to find another job at my "tender" age. Through networking with old employees, I found another job in Ambulatory Surgery. I lived in Atlanta in 1977-1980,and then moved to Miami, FL. where I met my husband in 1980. We married on 3/28/81. We moved back to Milw. in 1982,which afforded me the opportunity to get my BSN at Alverno's weekend Nursing program. Chris went to MATC to get his AS degree in Respiratory Therapy at the same time . We both graduated in 1984, and moved back to FL, leaving behind the fond (not!) memories of -32degree winters (-60 degrees with the wind chill factor !) Our 1st daughter, Gena, was born in 1986, and our 2nd daughter, Cari, in 1991. Our oldest finished 2 yrs. of college ,then announced she was quitting school to move to California to live her dreams ! She moved to Oceanside, CA, (that was at age 19), then Newport Beach, and Costa Mesa, CA. After many sales and marketing jobs, and 3 boyfriends ...Expand for more