Inside Duke Medicine
Peaches Mwenda: Helping patients heal by lifting their spirits
posted February 7th, 2011
Beyond her basic duties, she went out of her way to raise my spirits and get a laugh, so to speak.
Peaches Mwenda, a nursing care assistant on Unit 6300 at DUH, received a compliment from a patient.
"Beyond her basic duties, she went out of her way to raise my spirits and get a laugh, so to speak. That laughing had a major therapeutic impact for me over the course of my stay."