Former Omaha firefighter finds new calling in nursing after years of emergency response
Read the full article on KMTV 3 BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT: Rusty Kilpatrick spent years as an Omaha firefighter and, before that, as an EMT. A love of the medical side of that work led him to pursue a new career in nursing. Kilpatrick was among dozens of nursing graduates honored at a pinning ceremony at Creighton […]
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