From Patient's Daughter to Nurse: Cedarville Student Returns to Mayo Clinic

As a child, Taylor DeYoung sat in Mayo Clinic hospital rooms watching nurses care for her mother during cancer treatment. This summer, she will return to the same hospital as a nursing intern, preparing to offer that same kind of care to other families.

Taylor DeYoung Returns to Mayo Clinic as a Nursing Intern

The internship is a full-circle step for DeYoung, whose calling to nursing was shaped not only by what she saw at the Mayo Clinic but by the compassion her family experienced during some of their hardest moments.

How Her Mother's Cancer Treatment Shaped Her Calling to Nursing

DeYoung's mother was diagnosed with aggressive stage three breast cancer in 2012. Soon after, she began receiving treatment at Mayo Clinic - one of the closest major breast cancer research centers to their Illinois home.

"Because of the Mayo Clinic, my mom is alive today. There aren't many hospitals that could have done what they did for her," said DeYoung.