Preemie Born at Chicago Hospital Returns as NICU Nurse, Working Alongside Her Mother
By
Kimberlee Speakman
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Summary
Emma McGee became a NICU nurse at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, the same hospital where she was born as a premature baby in 1997. She works alongside her mother, Katie, who is also a nurse at the same hospital. Emma's personal experience as a preemie and witnessing her mother's nursing career inspired her to care for fragile newborns in the very unit where her own life began.
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