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provider, a wife and mom, a life- long learner, a community volun- teer for food pantries, a driver for caregivers, a participant in a care giving mission to Honduras... and the loving recipient of the unending attention needs of two golden retrievers, she has found time to be a patient, helpful and personable subject for this story.
Tina is a native New Hamp- shirite. Her parents, Marc and Lucille Sorrell, raised the fam- ily, first in Franklin, where Tina recalls that she was “held back in Kindergarten because Mom didn’t think I was socially ready for advancement, something no one who knows me now would believe!” The Sorrell family (which included Tina’s two younger siblings, a brother, Brian, and a sister, Sonya) moved to Litchfield when Tina was 13, a difficult age to leave friends and make new ones. Fortunately, the move turned out to be opportune and in some respects life-direct- ing for Tina. She would attend Alvine High School in Hudson, a school that offered occupational
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By 16, Tina had become a licensed nursing assistant. Her determined and successful ad- vancement as a student was no accident. Marc and Lucille had always modeled and taught the importance of dedication, hard work, and lifelong learning. Tina responded to their guidance with admiration and respect. She re- calls that they “were the most amazing parents in the universe. They taught me to value hard work and sacrifice and to live life like each day was your last.” By age 23, Tina was a nursing school graduate. She worked in diverse nursing situations, includ- ing cardiac surgery, emergency, and ICU. As she says, “I learned over and over again that every new specialty made me feel like a brand new nurse and keeps you humble.”
Tina is no stranger to gradu- ations and degrees, but perhaps her most memorable celebration of learning was the day she re- ceived her Master's in Nursing from Rivier University. She re- calls that day this way, “It was the same month my son gradu-
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ated from 8th grade; having him and my daughter see me walk up to get my diploma was one of the most fulfilling experiences of my life...I wanted to instill in them the importance of being lifelong learners, no matter what the ca- reer.”
Tina’s first full-time nursing position was at Clear Choice Urgent Care. During that time, a longtime friend and mentor kept urging her to come to work in the Lakes Region. Four years ago, Tina embraced the advice and came to Mid-State. It was, in her words, “a great decision.”
Speaking of her current work
at Mid State, Tina said, “What I love the most is that I’m still learning every day, even though I’ve been a nurse for 23 years. I love spending time with my pa- tients and getting to know more than just their medical history, but also to know them as peo- ple. I want to meet people where they are in their journey of life, not simply tell them what they have to do.” In this regard, Tina has developed a special inter- est in treating women who are experiencing perimenopause and menopause, areas that she thinks, “....have been neglected for too many years.” From Ti-
na’s perspective, another area of neglect is obesity, which, ironi- cally, though it is the root cause for many other diseases, is not adequately covered by insurance policies.
In her rare times free of professional responsibility and community service, Tina can be found at home in Goffstown with husband Ben, her son Jack, and teen daughter Paige, and a menagerie of pets, including the two retrievers mentioned earlier. She might be busy woodwork- ing, making friendship brace- lets, or scrapbooking. When not at home, in her free time, she will most assuredly be skiing the mountains of New Hampshire or Canada, or enjoying an annual ski trip to Utah.
Mid State has a veritable “al- phabet soup” of medical provid- ers such as PAs, APRNs, DOs, OTs, PSYDs, and many more. There are important support personnel as well. Each has a unique and inspiring life story. As I noted earlier, there are too many stories to share them all here. I am grateful that Tina Winters has been willing to rep- resent such caregiving people.