Andrea Dalzell
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Andrea Dalzell | |
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| Other names | The Seated Nurse |
| Education | College of Staten Island (BS, BSN) |
| Occupation | Nurse |
| Website | theseatednurse |
Andrea Dalzell is an American nurse, disability rights activist, and content creator. Dalzell is the first wheelchair-using registered nurse in the state of New York and advocates for disabled healthcare workers on social media.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York,[1] Dalzell was diagnosed with transverse myelitis at age 5.[2] Throughout childhood, she would alternately use a wheelchair, a walker, and crutches, and started using a wheelchair fulltime by the age of 12.[1]
Dalzell earned two degrees, one in biology and one in neuroscience, from the College of Staten Island.[3] Originally interested in medical school, Dalzell switched to nursing after realizing that "doctors treat the Disease and I never wanted to look at someone as a disease, but as a whole person. Nurses do that and that’s where my mindset shifted to nursing".[4] Dalzell was awarded her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and became a registered nurse in 2018.[5]