International nurses travel to Memphis to learn about sickle cell
Sickle Cell patient Tabatha Marmon (middle) describes her experience with the disease during a panel discussion at last year’s University of Tennessee Health Sciences’ College of Nursing Sickle Cell Bootcamp. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Education about the sickle cell disease in nursing schools is limited, so the University of Tennessee Health Science Center launched Sickle Cell Nursing Boot Camp.
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Sickle Cell Disease UTHSC College of Nursing Sara Day St. Jude Children's Research HospitalAisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki has spent the better part of two decades writing about Memphis. A former digital journalist for WMC Action News 5 and staff reporter for Memphis Daily News, her work has also appeared in The Commercial Appeal, High Ground News, I Love Memphis, Inside Memphis Business, The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent, Memphis Magazine and Tri-State Defender.
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