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Nurses Find New Life in Nursing
Posted Thursday, September 11, 2008
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
It has taken only a couple of decades for Chari Bender to find her niche as a nurse.
Bender started her career in a neonatal intensive care unit, and dabbled in an outpatient surgery center and a school. She also took time off to raise her two children.
About a year ago, with her kids getting older, Bender wanted to return to nursing, but needed a job with flexibility and challenge. She applied with Nurses for Newborns, a nonprofit agency that sends registered nurses with pediatric and neonatal experience to the homes of high-risk mothers and babies.
"I really believe this is where my life was meant to funnel into," Bender said.
