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Deployed Army Nurse, Taking Care of Soldiers is My Job
March 2, 2021 — Capt. Meagan Barker is a 66S (Critical Care Nurse) working in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU); deployed with the 228th Combat Support Hospital (CSH) deployed to Kuwait. As part of Women’s History Month, we are spotlighting her and her deployment mission. The 228th CSH Mission is to provide theater hospitalization in support of forces, in CENTCOM Area of Operation, and provide area medical support to camps within Kuwait and other locations. This mission keeps Barker engaged with a wide-spectrum of patients. “Being an ICU Nurse I am able to take an assortment of patients to assist in effectively taking care of our Soldiers. Also, being a Post Anesthesia Care Unit Recovery Nurse I support recovering a patient right after surgery in the ICU until they are stable to return to duty,” said Capt. Meagan Barker. “My Goal growing up was to care for Soldiers and I never fathomed that, whether inside or outside the hospital, they have blessed my live just as much as I have blessed theirs,” Barker said. ... MORE

Capt. Meagan Barker is a 66S (Critical Care Nurse) working in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU); deployed with the 228th Combat Support Hospital (CSH) deployed to Kuwait. As part of Women’s History Month, we are spotlighting her and her deployment mission.

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