Skilled Nursing Care Week: Nurses thrive with in a family atmosphere - Austin Daily Herald

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Skilled Nursing Care Week: Nurses thrive with in a family atmosphere - Austin Daily Herald

For nearly 20 years, Gina Richardson was on the line, boning hams for Hormel Foods Corps. For Richardson, the repetitious nature of the job could be tedious and she wanted more. “I always wanted to be a nurse, but love and life put me down a different path,” Richardson said. “I went to work at Hormel and boned hams for 17 years. That’s all I ever did, but I had the opportunity where I was able to quit and go back to school.” And that’s what she …