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Retired Businesswoman Reclaims Her Days on Home Peritoneal Dialysis Therapy with Remote Connectivity

Engineer Driven by Mission to Save and Sustain Lives

When Nicholas Ross began working at Baxter's Opelika, Ala., facility while attending nearby Auburn University, he didn't know what to expect. As a mechanical engineer student, he wasn't sure exactly what he wanted to do within engineering, but an initial tour of the Opelika facility intrigued him.

Peritoneal Dialysis Patient Still Lives a Life as Sweet as Honey

Christopher, Peritoneal Dialysis patient

PD Patient Inspired to Become a Nephrology Nurse

This past fall, Christopher started his junior year of high school at Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy (IHSCA) in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago. Just like other kids his age, he experienced the same back-to-school jitters yet looked forward to seeing his friends and getting back to nursing club. The healthcare profession is something Christopher is passionate about and the reason he chose IHSCA – a school that focuses on the health sciences.

Diana, head of nutrition and metabolic support department, University Hospital, San Jorge, Colombia

Providing Nourishment to Patients in Need

When Diana took over the nutrition and metabolic support department at the University Hospital of San Jorge in Colombia four years ago, she promptly identified several areas she wanted to improve upon, including implementing critical processes for controlling patient diets and increasing access to early nutritional contributions.

Healthcare Journey Inspires Peritoneal Dialysis Patient to Advocate for Others

"When people learn they have kidney disease, they believe it's literally a death sentence - that's it, life is over," says Theorn Grant, a mother to three children, a wife, a graduate student and a champion for people experiencing health challenges. "No - life is what you make it. You can either lie down and not get up, or you can get up and motivate yourself, which will cause you to motivate somebody else."

Hada Ramirez has worked for the past 21 years at Baxter as a fluid therapy clinical specialist and clinical education coordinator. She leverages her nursing background to help manage and teach an intravenous therapy update course in fluid therapy and an infusion therapy continuous improvement program to hospitals throughout the northern region of Mexico.

Baxter Nurse Uses Wealth of Experience to Design and Provide Valuable Fluid Therapy Trainings for Hospitals in Mexico

In her current role at Baxter, Hada Ramirez leverages her nursing background to help manage and teach an intravenous therapy update course in fluid therapy - a course she designed herself - and an infusion therapy continuous improvement program to hospitals throughout the northern region of Mexico.

Three generations of a Baxter family have helped save and sustain lives at Baxter for more than 16 years. From left to right: Ruth Beiswenger, Laura’s daughter Rachel, and Ruth’s daughter Laura.

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