Nancy Crane Roberts This is Me

Education

 Web References

1. 1. Lehigh Valley Hospital - Spirit of Women Award Winners 2003

   www.lvh.org/cwo/Being_Healthy/ - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/24/2003   Last Visited: 10/3/2004

   Nancy Crane Roberts On the farm where she grew up, Nancy Crane Roberts was a natural nurse from the age of 6. "I took care of everybody - cats, dogs, kids," she says. A few years later, a banner at school caught her attention. It read: "The truth will set you free." "I asked my Uncle Chet what that meant, and he explained that you have to study and learn to get ahead in life," she says. "I knew what I was supposed to do."
   
   But college wasn't in the cards right after high school. Though she received a scholarship, her family couldn't afford the room and board. Instead, Nancy worked, got married and had two children. Six years later, she divorced. To provide for her children and find fulfillment, she enrolled in nursing school at Northampton Community College.
   
   There, Nancy fell in love with a creative writing professor named Len. They married and had a son-and Len joined Nancy's women friends in encouraging and supporting her education. "He'd do the laundry and make scrambled eggs for the kids," she says. "I'd listen to taped lectures in the car and study long after the children went to sleep."
   
   Nancy earned a master's degree and became one of the first nurse practitioners in the Lehigh Valley, mentoring other advanced-level nurses. Then, inspired by her love of teaching, she worked seven more years to achieve her doctorate.
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   When Len's work took them to Finland, Nancy continued her education from abroad. To pay for her studies, she juggled multiple jobs teaching, working in hospitals and clinics and doing home visits.
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   In the 1980s, Nancy broke new ground researching the value of home care for low-income mothers.
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   Twenty-five years later, Nancy still has a passion for people. As director of health services for Cedar Crest College, she's created programs to educate college girls about depression and anxiety, nutrition, date rape and other critical issues. "The young women confide in me," she says. "I've developed close relationships to help keep them safe."
   
   Nancy also teaches at Temple, conducts research at Lehigh Valley Hospital and cares for children at ABC Pediatrics. She unwinds with her husband, children and grandchildren traveling, swimming and camping. You could say Nancy is the first lady of "doing it all."
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   Claire, Nancy and Doris.

2. 2. Lehigh Valley Hospital - Spirit of Women Award Winners 2003

   lvhhn.org/cwo/Being_Healthy/Sp - [Cached]

   Published on: 1/27/2003   Last Visited: 3/6/2005

   Nancy Crane Roberts On the farm where she grew up, Nancy Crane Roberts was a natural nurse from the age of 6. "I took care of everybody - cats, dogs, kids," she says. A few years later, a banner at school caught her attention. It read: "The truth will set you free." "I asked my Uncle Chet what that meant, and he explained that you have to study and learn to get ahead in life," she says. "I knew what I was supposed to do."
   
   But college wasn't in the cards right after high school. Though she received a scholarship, her family couldn't afford the room and board. Instead, Nancy worked, got married and had two children. Six years later, she divorced. To provide for her children and find fulfillment, she enrolled in nursing school at Northampton Community College.
   
   There, Nancy fell in love with a creative writing professor named Len. They married and had a son-and Len joined Nancy's women friends in encouraging and supporting her education. "He'd do the laundry and make scrambled eggs for the kids," she says. "I'd listen to taped lectures in the car and study long after the children went to sleep."
   
   Nancy earned a master's degree and became one of the first nurse practitioners in the Lehigh Valley, mentoring other advanced-level nurses. Then, inspired by her love of teaching, she worked seven more years to achieve her doctorate.
   ...
   When Len's work took them to Finland, Nancy continued her education from abroad. To pay for her studies, she juggled multiple jobs teaching, working in hospitals and clinics and doing home visits.
   ...
   In the 1980s, Nancy broke new ground researching the value of home care for low-income mothers.
   ...
   Twenty-five years later, Nancy still has a passion for people. As director of health services for Cedar Crest College, she's created programs to educate college girls about depression and anxiety, nutrition, date rape and other critical issues. "The young women confide in me," she says. "I've developed close relationships to help keep them safe."
   
   Nancy also teaches at Temple, conducts research at Lehigh Valley Hospital and cares for children at ABC Pediatrics. She unwinds with her husband, children and grandchildren traveling, swimming and camping. You could say Nancy is the first lady of "doing it all."
   ...
   Claire, Nancy and Doris.