NADIA-MARIE WILLIAMS

Director of Nursing

South Shore Rehabilitation and Nursing Center

Idecided to become a nurse in 2014, when I first started working at South Shore as the assistant to the administrative assistant. I got my first whiff of the feeling of satisfaction that came with helping vulnerable people.

I finally became a nurse in 2018 after some years of schooling. It was the best decision I ever made. The knowledge I gained, my drive to learn and help more patients reach their goals to get better and go home became an exciting challenge to me.

It was rough when Covid hit, but going through this made me an even better nurse. People believe being a nurse is about pills and taking vital signs. What being a nurse truly is, comes with dealing with those difficult times. When communication was lacking, the mental, physical and emotional toll was heavy but still we made it to work every shift to be there for the people in need and to be that outlet to the outside world — to ensure their safety and put families minds at ease, and even the difficult conversations about death that we unfortunately had to have. And still after being faced with challenging days, day after day, be proud of the work we do.

South Shore has enabled me to be the best nurse and person I can be: from administration, to CNA, LPN, an RN Supervisor, and now Director of Nursing. I would not trade my career choice or the path I took to get here for the world.