Nurse Trades School Infirmary for Iraq Combat Hospital

by James Parks, Nov 26, 2006

Diane Adloff, a school nurse in Cleveland, and a member of AFT, got a new assignment this school year. A major with the U.S. Army Reserve, she was ordered to prepare for deployment to Iraq, where she will work as a community health nurse at a combat support hospital.

Adloff, 57, already has a big job. She provides health care for nearly 800 children, preschool through eighth grade, many of whom are special education students. She says it will be hard for her to leave her students, but it also will be difficult to leave her three grandchildren, the youngest of whom will be walking and talking before grandma gets back home.

Read more of Adloff’s story on the AFT website by clicking here.

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