Five Practical Ways to Take Care of You
Published Feb. 5, 2018
After years spent as an active field nurse, a nurse supervisor, a clinical leader, and a mom, Aveanna Clinical Operations Specialist Jacqueline Holland knows just how hard it can be to find realistic ways to take care of yourself. Jacque has manage…
A Mom’s Reflections on Caregiver Burnout
Published Jan. 17, 2018
“Any mom I meet, I encourage her to be selfish.” This statement comes from Marisa, an Aveanna mom whose daughter, Brylee, was born with nemaline myopathy. After Brylee’s birth, Marisa dedicated her entire life to her daughter’s care. For the first …
A Nurse's Journey to Self-Care
Published Jan. 12, 2018
Aveanna nurse Crystal faced her first breast cancer diagnosis when she was in her early thirties. It was milder then. Stage two. Less aggressive. Crystal went through treatment, but even then her health wasn’t exactly her first priority. With her nu…
Season of Miracles: Nya's Forever Family
Published Dec. 29, 2017
Beautiful Nya is a miracle baby with her very own miracle family. Born with cerebral palsy, Nya faced countless challenges within the first few months of her life. But when she was five months old, Nya’s adoptive family found her and went to the hos…
Season of Miracles: Miracle Worker Michele
Published Dec. 15, 2017
Some of our nurses put in a bit of extra work to make their miracles happen. About a month and a half ago, Ruby, an Aveanna patient with Pompe disease, was admitted to the hospital for respiratory distress. She had to stay in the hospital for about …
Season of Miracles: Persephone
Published Dec. 11, 2017
Persephone – or Sephy, as her nurse Sunflower calls her – has idiopathic progressive neuropathy. Sunflower says that this diagnosis has come with “many lows, but also many highs and more of them.” Sunflower’s favorite story about Persephone shows a …
Season of Miracles: Miracle Worker Carla
Published Dec. 6, 2017
Meet our miracle worker Carla! She won the DAISY award this year after saving her patient Jalen’s life. Carla was putting Jalen’s pressure vest away after a treatment when she heard him cough. She assumed he just needed to be suctioned. But when she…
Season of Miracles: Milan
Published Dec. 4, 2017
Miracle baby Milan joined Aveanna five months ago when she and her family moved to Georgia. After two and a half years of struggle with Moebius syndrome, Milan suddenly began to grow and improve at a speed that astonished her neurologists. She went …
Season of Miracles: Miracle Baby Angel
Published Nov. 27, 2017
This holiday season, we are celebrating all our little miracles and their wonderful miracle workers. From the moment he was born, Angel has beaten the odds and amazed everyone who has met him. Angel was born with a chromosomal abnormality called Tri…
The Dream Board
Published Oct. 20, 2017
Aveanna mom Natosha has led her family in focusing on the positives in life, even when everything seems overwhelmingly negative. The focal point of the Voss kitchen is Natosha’s dream board, which is filled with her future hopes and present inspirat…
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