The Cap Says It All

One woman who remains true to the honorable tradition of bedside nursing, while looking toward the future of healthcare as she tends patients recovering from surgery, is Leona Campbell, Lpn. The West Scranton resident has been a familiar, and welcoming, face on the Medical Surgery floor since the first day she started nearly 40 years ago.Aside from her knowledge and compassion, she is recognizable as the only nurse who stills wears the traditional white nurses’ cap. The public knows this, she says. “Whenever I’m out people come up to me and say ‘You’re the nurse from CMC who wears the cap.’ But I’m proud of it. People like it.”Not only has Leona been employed at CMC a long time, she spends most of her time here, working double shifts, dispensing medications, caring for wounds, and healing broken spirits. “I enjoy my work with patients and I’m very comfortable with everyone. We’re like a family here. When people thank you because your nursing has helped them get better, that’s a good feeling.”