For the last 35 years, Louise Hickman has been a fixture at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. From her first position as a unit nurse to more than 18 years as chief nursing officer, Hickman has seen Jefferson Regional transform from a community hospital to a medical center that s constantly expanding.
In March 2020, covid was just warming up, and Pine Bluff was about to become the hot spot for the state, discovering patient zero, as he was called, right here at Jefferson Regional Medical Center.