09/04/2026
✨ We have TWO nurses nominated for Otoe County’s Best of the Best 2026! ✨
And honestly, that’s pretty cool. 💜
Amanda Rayhel wears a lot of hats as an RN, but before Someday Wellness she spent 14 years in oncology and infusion nursing. Today, she’s taking everything she’s learned from those years of caring for patients and bringing it into a completely different kind of nursing role.
Tayler Schmitz is currently a full-time school nurse in Auburn and also works with Someday Wellness as needed. Her nursing career has taken her through a variety of settings and experiences, and now she gets to care for people in a way that looks very different from a traditional hospital or clinic.
Neither of us works in a traditional bedside hospital setting anymore.
And that’s one of the coolest things about nursing.
Nursing can look like a hospital floor.
It can look like an infusion chair.
It can look like a school nurse caring for kids.
It can look like a nurse-owned business.
It can look like educating, advocating, listening, supporting, problem-solving, or simply being the person someone needs in that moment.
The setting may change, but the heart of nursing doesn't.
At the end of the day, we're nurses because we care about people. We want to make a difference in someone's life, no matter what that nursing role looks like.
So seeing Amanda and Tayler nominated for Best of the Best is pretty special. Not because of a title or an award, but because it's a reminder that the work nurses do matter... even when it doesn't always happen inside a hospital.
If you'd like to support them, we'll drop the voting link in the comments. ✅
And congratulations to all of the incredible nurses nominated! 🩺
