Humans of UNAC/UHCP: Desiree Nack, RN

It was a Tuesday. There were really strong winds in Altadena that morning, so strong that they knocked out our electricity. My wife works from home, so she was worried. I was down at my office at Kaiser Pasadena when the power came back around noon. Then, not long after that, we got the message that the wind would pick back up again that evening. The power company turned the electricity off early.

Pursuing a Business Administration degree was instrumental in enhancing my understanding of healthcare management—providing the tools to analyze data-driven decisions, advocate effectively for clinicians, and assume leadership roles that influence positive change in our workplaces. READ MORE  

Providers have made me feel like I couldn’t go to them to ask questions because they already assumed the negative. I am a nurse and know how to navigate the system, but I wonder about other Black moms. I wish more medical providers were aware of their own biases and how they are coming off to the patients they care for. READ MORE

I didn’t become a nurse until I was 30. I had lived a lot of life before stepping into patient care, and that gave me perspective. When someone’s in a hospital bed facing one of the hardest days of their life, they want someone who gets it, who’s not just there to check boxes. I needed to have real-world experience to show up for people like that. READ MORE