After decades helping patients, nurse clinician Jennifer Fleenor adds a leadership role that helps to make Northside nurses better and happier.

In addition to providing exceptional care for a family with severe burns from a fire, Cooper gave them a car and collected donations from his church.

Robin Burse, a 2026 Celebrating Nurses honoree, is the professional practice manager at Grady Memorial Hospital.

For the 21st consecutive year, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is celebrating 10 of the region’s best nurses and one outstanding nurse leader.

The professional practice manager has helped to restore confidence and community to nursing at Grady Memorial Hospital.

Clayton Cooper, a nurse in the Emergency Department at Piedmont Athens Hospital, not only cared for a family suffering burns from a fire; he gave them a car.

Her mother died when she was 17. But the nurses who stood beside her family during those final months left an imprint that would shape the course of her life.

After decades helping patients, nurse clinician Jennifer Fleenor added a leadership role for a group of nurses that seeks to improve retention and best practices at Northside.

Diagnosed with diabetes at age 2, Henson guides patients through some of their most overwhelming moments, helping them see that a full, joyful life is still within reach.

Shirley Ifill saw firsthand what it took to be a nurse, then became one in her 50s.

Charge nurse creates meal support program for families at the bedside of their loved ones

The cardiovascular ICU nurse “sees the person behind the diagnosis and takes the time to understand their physical needs, fears, concerns and emotions.”

The surgical trauma ICU nurse manager created bereavement boxes of keepsakes to give to families of patients who don’t survive.

At Wellstar West Georgia in LaGrange, a former hospital vice president is changing heart failure care by helping patients secure housing, benefits and stability.

Bartow County native Emily Rakestraw knew she wanted a career that combined her love of medicine with her desire to help others....