Beginning her nursing career three decades ago under communist rule in her native Romania, Daniela Tivda learned to provide care with very limited resources. “We reused glass syringes and I made a foley catheter out of IV tubing. I was seven years into my career and already an ER manager when I first saw as defibrillator.”
The opportunity to learn, grow, and practice nursing with high standards were part of what motivated her to immigrate to the United States in 2004. She joined Memorial Healthcare System nearly six years ago and quickly advanced to charge nurse and clinical manager positions.
Currently overseeing PACU at Memorial Regional Hospital South, Tivda credits her husband and 16-year-old son for much of what she has accomplished. “They are both understanding and supportive of what it has taken for me to become a nurse leader. I came to the U.S. to become somebody and now we’re living the American dream.”
