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Brooke Schmidt is a registered nurse with over 10 years of clinical experience specializing in geriatrics and palliative care.
About Brooke
Brooke Schmidt is a registered nurse with over a decade of clinical experience specializing in geriatrics and palliative care. She earned her BSN degree from the University of Portland in 2012, and she’s spent most of her career working in home health, community care, palliative care, and complex wound management.
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