'Being a nurse was a part of my identity,' she said. 'I wanted to be able to care for patients as long as I could.'
Jaclyn Stout, a nurse practitioner, had been caring for cancer patients at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City when she got the news that she would become a patient herself.at age 26.Al Roker talks to Jaclyn Stout, a nurse practitioner at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital.But Stout didn't let cancer stop her from tending to her patients amid her own health challenges.
TODAY celebrated nurses on May 8 as part of its Heroes Week, which will also feature teachers and moms throughout the week. "I am a major in the Army Nurse Corps, in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard," Parson said on TODAY."My current job is to ensure the medical readiness of the soldiers." Parson, a mom of two, has juggled the two jobs for nearly two decades, but she said her fellow soldiers encourage her.
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