从麦德林到美丽华:在美国成为一名护士
Becoming a nurse in the USA is something Catalina Echeverri Castano is passionate about. So much so that she was willing to start over with nursing school in another country to make it happen.
“我总是很关心. 我一直是自己家里的“医生”. When my grandpa had a cut or my grandmother needed a surgical wound, 我总是带着急救箱,她说。. “这是我已经拥有的, wanting to take care of people who are not able to do it for themselves.”
That caring nature led her to enroll in a four-year scrub nurse program in her home country of Colombia. But when an opportunity to move to the United States presented itself during her third year of nursing school five years ago, 她知道她不能错过.
“Coming from a third-world country, it is everyone’s dream to come here,她说。.
所以她拿起行李搬到了美国.S.这使得她的护理教育暂停了.
她请了一段时间假去当保姆, 但她知道在某个时候她想成为一名美国护士. When she discovered Utica College’s 16-month Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN) program in Miramar after a few years of living in Florida, 她决定采取措施报名参加.
She credits the admissions representative she worked with for making it happen so quickly.
“当我发现Utica ABSN项目时,我非常高兴,”她说.
为什么护理在美国?
Once the path to become a nurse in the USA became possible for Catalina, she realized the myriad nursing career options she had available to her, 不像在她的祖国.
“In Colombia, the way nursing works, there are no specialties to educate yourself further,她说。.
她在美国可以追求的多种职业选择.S. piqued her interest in the field — and in starting over with her nursing education here.
"When I came here I found nursing was such a wide field - much, much bigger than it was in Colombia. 你有机会接触到所有这些不同的专业."
这是真的. All kinds of career options become available to those who earn a B.S. 在美国的护理学, ranging from obstetrics to mental health to pediatric nursing in the hospital setting to informatics and community health nursing. 作为一名Utica ABSN的学生, she would get the chance during her clinical rotations to “try on” all these specialties and more.
这个事实引起了卡塔琳娜的注意, although for now her particular interest is in anesthesia or emergency care because that is what she experienced during her nursing program in Colombia.
“我喜欢它的快节奏,”她说.
为什么尤蒂卡缺席?
卡塔琳娜刚来美国时是做保姆的.S.但她对护理的热情一直伴随着她. She enrolled in courses at Palm Beach State College to further her education, then heard great reviews from her boyfriend’s sister about Utica College and decided to research the accelerated nursing program.
她了解到在美丽华的ABSN项目, 哪一个离她住的地方最近, and liked the fact that it would allow her to earn her nursing degree in as few as 16 months.
The support she received from her admissions representative solidified in her mind that Utica ABSN was a great fit for her.
考虑到卡特琳娜独特的教育背景, 她对她的入学资格有一些具体的问题, 主要是在学分转换的时候. 她很幸运, her Utica ABSN admissions representative was able to answer her questions quickly and develop an academic plan targeted toward her program start date.
例如, Catalina learned that since she had already met the international student requirements from her local community college for admission there, she didn’t have to go through that process again for enrollment qualification for the Utica ABSN program. But she did still have to pass English proficiency and math exams.
“Utica was actually able to take some of the credits I took from Colombia, but most of the credits I had taken that were transferable were from Palm Beach State College,她说。. 这让我很容易就拿到了所需的65个学分.”
卡特琳娜在ABSN项目中的经历
一旦参加了Utica ABSN项目, she didn’t have any hurdles to overcome outside the normal rigors of accelerated nursing school. That involved keeping pace with the ABSN program’s hybrid curriculum, 其中包括在线护理理论课程, on-site skills and simulation labs and clinical rotations at top healthcare facilities local to the program site in Miramar.
Catalina also had to re-orient herself to the structure of online coursework, figure out how she learns best and develop study strategies to prepare for nursing school exams.
“You have to get used to classes and the way they want you to think, 所以开始总是困难的部分,她说。. “在你习惯了之后,你就会顺其自然.”
而Utica ABSN项目对她提出了挑战, Catalina says she knows all the hard work and dedication is worth it because she knows she’s enrolled in a quality program that is preparing her to achieve her dream: to become a nurse in the USA.
更多的故事
利记sbo Announces 2024 Commencement Speakers for Undergraduate and Graduate Ceremonies
Physical Therapy Students and 教师 present at 2024 American Physical Therapy Association Conference
我希望看到登录和资源:
有关常用登录的一般列表,您也可以访问 我们的登录页面.