Oldest Practicing Nurse Celebrates 90th Birthday at Tacoma General
As if on cue for Nurses Week 2015, Florence "SeeSee" Rigney celebrated her 90th birthday on May 8, 2015.
As the oldest practicing nurse in the United States, her coworkers wanted to honor their colleague with a very special surprise.
Rigney had taken her birthday off work, so the event was planned a day early on May 7th. Sheri Morris, assistant nurse manager, and her director, Paula Swanson, organized the event because they wanted to honor Rigney's over six decades of service to Tacoma General Hospital, in Tacoma, Washington.
Rigney spent much of her career at Tacoma General and although she drifted away at times to spend time with her husband and children, she always came back. What's more, she hasn't changed stations since 1946, when she began her career as a student nurse at Tacoma General School of Nursing.
"We had to do something," Sheri Morris said. "She'd had over six decades of service at the hospital. How could we not honor that?"
Hospital "bigwigs" were in attendance, as well as, a majority of the hospital staff. They presented her with a a bouquet of flowers, in addition to a tiara and sash.
"She runs circles around all of us," said Morris, assistant nurse manager. "She's a wealth of wisdom and knowledge, and we absolutely love her."
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Tacoma Emergency Care Physicians (TECP), a client partner of EMrecruits, provides emergency services to Tacoma General Hospital. EMrecruits and TECP would like to wish Rigney a very happy birthday and congratulate her on a long, successful career.
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