/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/n/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u201cThose neuro ICU nurses were at the center of caring for my friend, and I don’t think he would be where he is today were it not for them,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u201d he says./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/n
But the deciding factor for his career change was the pandemic./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u201cSeeing what my parents and cousins went through with COVID, I felt that I needed to be there. They inspire me every day./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/n
After graduation, Yasin has accepted a job with AdventHealth Orlando in the ICU./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u201cI/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u2019m drawing on so many of my experiences from over the years, not just informatics but also hospitality and retail sales, as talking to people is important,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u201d he says./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/n
These transferable skills apply to anyone thinking about switching careers to nursing, adds Yasin./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u201cNo matter your background, those skills are valuable, and your previous bachelor/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u2019s degree will be useful,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u201d he says./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/n
Pivoting a Passion to Help Others/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u201cNursing is all of the things I loved about education, teaching and helping others, but more direct care,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u201d says Proebe Yba/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u00f1ez, 28, a former high school chemistry teacher who taught in an underserved community after initially obtaining a biology degree./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/nAs a teacher, she was saddened to see her students miss school due to healthcare barriers, challenges she knows firsthand coming from a large immigrant family with nine siblings. The teacher of the year wanted to do more to help./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u201cI had the best students, but their grades would drop and they would struggle in school just because of their family situation and their health,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u201d says Yba/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u00f1ez. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u201cIt was the turning point for me./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/n
Yba/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u00f1ez has also accepted a position at AdventHealth Orlando, but in a progressive care unit, and plans to eventually become a nurse practitioner. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u201cI feel like I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u2019ve found my purpose to give back to, and advocate for, low-income communities,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u201d she says./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/n
Flying into a Fast-pace Career/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/n For Jenifer Schuman, a 2020 aerospace physiology graduate having held a private pilot/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u2019s license, her initial career plans were put on hold due to pandemic-related hiring freezes./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/n/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u201cIt caused me to take a step back and evaluate what I enjoyed most,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u201d she says./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u201cI knew I wanted to help people, and realized that nursing is the most direct way you could do that,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u201d says Schuman. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u201cI am excited to earn this degree quickly to start something that I enjoy and am passionate about./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/n
That passion is in emergency care. After graduation, Schuman has accepted a position as an emergency department nurse at Orlando Regional Medical Center. Her eventual goal is to become a flight nurse, where she can apply her aviation knowledge to nursing./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u201cThis was a big change, but I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u2019m glad I did it and I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u2019m happier now,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u201d she says./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/n
National Support to Fuel Shortage/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/n Schuman, Yba/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u00f1ez and four other Summer 2022 accelerated graduates received national support to make the career change to nursing. The Helene Fuld Health Trust scholarship is an exclusive opportunity for accelerated second degree BSN students who may not otherwise qualify for financial aid./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u201cThe fact that I received this scholarship and it/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u2019s Orlando, a big city where I could work in trauma care, is incredible and really meant a lot to me,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u201d says Schuman. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u201cUCF was the only one with that (scholarship) opportunity./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/n
UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u2019s accelerated second degree BSN program is just one way 女仆AV is working to combat the nursing shortage. Last month, plans were approved to begin construction on a new College of Nursing building at the UCF Academic Health Sciences Campus in Lake Nona./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/nThe new building will almost double the existing square footage from its current location in Research Park and provide expanded space for its Simulation, Technology, Innovation & Modeling (STIM) Center /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/u2014 which UCF recently received an international endorsement for. It will also enable UCF to enroll and graduate even more nurses into the workforce and more nursing faculty to educate future generations./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After completing the rigorous 15-month program, nearly 70 career changers will graduate from UCF this summer to begin new careers as RNs and help address the nursing shortage./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":130399,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5,12,27],"tags":[4869,1004,18219,18102],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-130398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","category-health","category-student-life","tag-college-of-nursing","tag-commencement","tag-community-impact","tag-student-success"],"yoast_head":"/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130398/n
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