In the world of healthcare, nurses make up a large majority of the workforce, but in Aiken, one nurse is finding new ways to use her talents for healing.

“We plan our steps daily, but the Lord orders them” said Carol Faust Spencer, a registered nurse and author.

When her husband died six years ago, Spencer started writing.

“It was a way to get feelings I had inside, outside. It was cathartic and poetry was a way to express my feelings,” she said.

“The Spoken Word,” a published collection of 50 poems she wrote, is the latest accomplishment for the busy mother of three.

“The poems are encouraging, comforting, they're poems people need to hear just to kind of give them escape from the stresses of rushed life. They're good for the soul,” Spencer said.

After 21 years in the nursing field, Carol says her calling led her into teaching other nurses and a special online business with nursing buddy Rochun McCray.

“Rochun and I were looking for nursing pins and gifts and we could not find anything,” she said.

Soon after, LoveHisWord.com was born. Male and female lapel pins that read, "Nurses are Blessed" are for sale on the site. Spencer says they inspire nurses and the people who love them.

“This pin we believe is something that encourages the nurses. They do give a lot in this profession," she said. We bless people and we are blessed and we are called into this profession of nursing and it's just a way to encourage us.”

Carol's not finished yet, staying true to her nurturing spirit, she says her next project will reach out to single mothers.

“As we grow older, we change and grow. We'll, we're supposed to grow, so it's just another chapter in this journey,” she said.

Carol will be signing her book, “The Spoken Word,” at Barnes and Noble Bookstore in Augusta on January 27 from 2-6 p.m.

She’ll also appear at the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History on February 24 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.