Marlene Briggs has worked with kidney patients for 40 years and now plans to retire from St. Rita's Medical Center.
She started working in 1975 as one of the first dialysis nurses. She has experienced many transitions in technology during her time in kidney dialysis. In the 70's, Briggs worked with the Travenol machine, which made her hand mix all of the solutions. In the 80's, she set up policies and procedures and was the change nurse for the peritoneal dialysis program for home patients. Lima now has the fifth largest peritoneal dialysis program in the united states. Briggs is proud of the work she has been able to do for dialysis patients.
She has witnessed the success rate for transplants go from 50 percent to 95 percent. Briggs is also a certified nephrology nurse and a certified diabetic educator.
