Before Karla Lopez earned her RN degree, she was a unit secretary at #CedarsSinai who was so impressed with the nurses on her team that she decided to become one herself.
"I was able to see the nurses and how they would react to emergencies and how critical they were,” Lopez said, “and I admired them, and I wanted to be like them. So I went to nursing school."
But toward the end of her first year of nursing school, Lopez was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. She had to undergo chemotherapy, radiation and three surgeries that involved resecting part of her colon.
It was a scary setback, but Lopez wouldn't let it stop her from accomplishing her goal of earning her degree. In fact, she says, her drive to become a nurse kept her going.
"I wanted to become an amazing nurse," she said, "so I fought through and … here I am a pediatric nurse.”
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