Evie Pochardt has been a staff RN at Mayo in an acute care colorectal general surgery unit for the past eight years. She completed her BSN from Augsburg College, Minneapolis, in 2009, and will complete her Master of Nursing degree from Augsburg College in December 2013. She attained surgical specialty certification from AMSN in 2011 and is actively involved in the local AMSN chapter in Rochester, MN.