Meet Samantha Nichols, a hard working staff nurse and Grifton native! She wanted to work in health care, but it wasn’t until she spent time volunteering at the ECU Health Medical Center that she decided nursing was the right fit. “When we were kids, I was always taking a roll of toilet paper and wrapping my brother’s leg and pretending it was a cast – that sort of thing. No one in my family was a nurse, but I took health career classes in high school and participated in the health science academy. I also volunteered at ECU Health until my sophomore year at East Carolina University. I thought I might want to work in the NICU, but I had a last minute change of heart and decided to work in behavioral health. At first, I wasn’t sure if I had selected the right path. But once I got here, psych felt like the right fit for me. The whole team is awesome. "As a new graduate nurse, I couldn’t have received a better reception. Since the day I stepped into ECU Health, everyone has been supportiv...