While other contestants sang, danced or played instruments for the talent competition on the second night of preliminaries in the Miss America pageant, Kelley Johnson (Miss Colorado), delivered a unique monologue about her experience as a nurse. She recounts a touching story of her time with an elderly Alzheimer’s patient. She begins, “Every nurse has a patient that reminds them of why they became a nurse in the first place. Mine was Joe.”
What follows is an inspirational and touching speech. Kelley is a registered nurse, who graduated as valedictorian of her nursing class. Today, Kelley is a registered nurse. Whether or not Kelley wins the Miss America crown this year, she has already made a big impression.
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