‘No plans to quit’: Terry Foster approaches 50 years in emergency nursing, compassion is his calling

Written by Abigail Wright, NKY Tribune Staff Writer

In 1973, at 14 years old, Foster began volunteering at St. Elizabeth, an attempt by his mother to get him out of the house during the long summer hours. What started as a teenager’s first volunteering position soon became the beginning of a career that, next year, will reach an extraordinary milestone: 50 years as an emergency nurse.

Now 68 and still living in his hometown of Taylor Mill, Foster has spent the past five decades caring for patients during some of the worst moments of their lives, and he has no intention of slowing down.

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