The Littlest Nurse

My nephew David Herzenberg is the youngest and least experienced nurse on our team, sort of. While David just graduated from the Samuel Merritt College Nursing Program last month, he is no stranger to international disaster relief. David has accompanied me twice on international relief missions: Sri Lanka in 2004 after the Tsunami, and Jammu Kashmir, Pakistan, in 2005 after the massive earthquake. After his experiences in the field, he was inspired to choose nursing as a profession, with the intent to work overseas. I am proud that in some small way, I have influenced David to join our noble profession (though his Dad was hoping for a legal eagle instead of a nurse). Here are two pictures of David, on the left with his cousin, my daughter, Brittany a few years back, and on the right, in Islamabad stopping for a burger at the only McDonalds in Pakistan (David is the one in the middle). Apparently Ronald McDonald is a controversial figure in Pakistan, hence the armed guard. David is currently waiting for a slot to take his NCLEX (Nursing Licensure Exams), and depending on getting a slot (and passing the test) before our trip or after, will determine if he goes as an RN (registered nurse) or a GN (graduate nurse).

David will, predictably be offended by my posting him as the "Littlest Nurse" on our team of six nurses, as he is in reality a pretty big guy (that's one reason I took him to Pakistan and Sri Lanka....as muscle for protection). David is a personal trainer with the chiseled abs and massive guns of his namesake, David (by Michaelangelo). David's Dad was a Peace Corps volunteer in Malaysia, where he met David's mom, a Chinese Malay, and hence the handsome and exotic multicultural David, my nephew, and the Littlest Nurse on Team Sinai.