Through a national survey, researchers identified prevalent work overload, burnout, and intent to leave health care professions among nurses, clinical staff, and non-clinical staff, including housekeeping, administrative staff, lab technicians, and food service workers.
Former long-time Duluth resident Lisa A. Abrahams passed away suddenly at her home in Fargo, ND, in the early morning hours of Monday, November 21, with her husband of 46 years, Andrew Niemyer, at her side. She was born on November 21, 1954, in Washington, DC, the only child of the late Dr. Joseph Abrahams and the late Mary Abrahams (Pardue). As a child growing up in the greater Washington, DC area, she quickly developed a lifelong love of all animals, especially dogs and horses. In her adolescence, she was a highly-skilled and very competitive equestrienne, riding and winning numerous Hunter-Jumper events. She was the youngest-ever Full Member of the very selective Potomac Hunt Club in Potomac, MD. She attended several private schools in her youth, both before and after the family moved to southern California.