Hi, my name is Jill Talbert and I am a registered nurse in a Community Health Center (CHC) in southwest Virginia. This month, I have been asked to blog about my experiences as a CHC nurse. I grew up in a very small town in southwest Virginia called Saltville. Our town has a current population of about 2,500 people. I was the first of two daughters for my parents and I had always known since I was about ten that I wanted to be a nurse. This is probably because my mom always wanted to be a nurse, but didn’t have the opportunity. I entered nursing school the summer right after I graduated high school.
A lot of people asked why I chose to stay in my small hometown instead of moving away to a larger town or city. My reply is: I want to raise my sons the way I was raised and I want to give back to the community I was raised in. My Community Health Center, Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems, Inc. is very near and dear to my heart. I began my career as a CHC nurse 23 years ago.
When I was hired, I have to admit, I did not know what a CHC was. I was hired as an office nurse working in two physician office. I learned a lot of new things not taught in nursing school such as how to take x-rays (which nurses aren’t allowed to do now without a license). I loved the people I worked with and the schedule was very convenient for my family, but I especially loved the patients I cared for and I like to think they loved me back.
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