Becker's Healthcare February 20, 2024
Nancy Bisco, BSN, RN, has many life lessons to share after her 50-year career, most of which was spent in leadership roles.
Ms. Bisco said she knew she wanted to be a nurse when she was seven. She began her career as a candy striper and eventually became a nurse at Newark, N.J.-based Saint Michael’s Medical Center in 1976.
“It was the only hospital I applied to,” she told Becker’s.
After two years, Ms. Bisco decided she wanted to be a nurse manager. When her supervisors said she was too young, she resigned. They refused to accept her resignation and let her try being a manager. Two years later, she wanted to be a director, and after another brief...