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She starts a grief support group.
Amanda Rardon, RN, of Monticello, is the clinical operations manager of trauma and emergency services at IU Health Arnett Hospital in Lafayette. She has been a trauma nurse for 20-plus years.
She is the mother of three children. In her free time, Rardon teaches behavioral health classes at the Purdue University s School of Nursing and she volunteers at the COVID-19 vaccine clinic.
And now she runs a grief support group.
Rardon lost her sister, Ashley, five years ago on Christmas Day. They had just finished opening presents. Ashley was 32 years old and died of cardiac arrest. Rardon went into full nursing mode but despite all of her training, Rardon could not save her sister.