BALTIMORE — The staff at Sinai Hospital in northwest Baltimore is honoring the legacy of one of their own.
For more than 40 years, Chief Nurse Diane Johnson was the heartbeat of the hospital.
She passed away from breast cancer in March of 2023, and now she has a scholarship for young nurses in her memory.
Most people don’t grow and thrive at the same job for 40 plus straight years unless you’re Diane Johnson. She started as a staff nurse at Sinai Hospital in 1975, after emigrating to America at the age of 13 from Jamaica.
“She was probably the smartest person I ever knew. She was booksmart, she studied a lot when we were growing up, but also having a great amount of emotional intelligence,” Karen Wallace, Diane’s sister, said.
That compassionate care would build her legacy as she rose through the ranks at Sinai Hospital, where her role as the chief nurse left a major impact on her patients and staff.