Sharon Colgate, MSN, RN, APN, of Haddonfield, New Jersey, has joined Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice as a nurse practitioner for the Marlton-based not-for-profit organization.

Colgate will join four other nurse practitioners and five hospice/palliative physicians at Palliative Medical Partners – Samaritan’s medical practice. She will consult with patients on palliative care, pain and symptom management, and follow-up care in the office, in their homes or residential facilities, in local hospitals, and in Samaritan’s inpatient hospice centers.

“Samaritan was literally the catalyst to my becoming an RN,” says Colgate. “Samaritan first helped us care for my mother who died at 51 of lung cancer, and then supported us through the death of my Nana at 92.”

Colgate continues to work part-time as a nurse practitioner at Advocare Voorhees Family Medicine. Prior to joining Samaritan, she has also worked as a registered nurse at Pennsylvania Hospital and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, and for Underwood Memorial Hospital.

Colgate earned a master of science degree and a bachelor of science degree in nursing from Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pa.

A member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and the American Nurse Association, Colgate has several licenses and certifications in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

About Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice is a not-for-profit, non-sectarian, independent organization accredited by The Joint Commission, a member of the New Jersey Home Care & Hospice Association of New Jersey, and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s We Honor Veterans program, created in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Samaritan is the regional leader for hospice care, palliative (comfort) medicine, grief support and counseling, and end-of-life education and advocacy. Samaritan serves people in Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Mercer counties who are coping with the stresses of aging, serious illness or grief. For more information, visit www.SamaritanNJ.org.