>> I studied nursing.
I got my Bachelor's degree in nursing here at Penn State University back in 1993 actually.
I chose nursing because I was in the military.
I went to the military to get money for school.
I couldn't really afford it outside of those kind of things.
So the Army college fund helped me pay for my school.
And when I was getting near the end, I was trying to decide.
I mean, all the time when you're growing up you think, oh,
you [inaudible] people being doctors and lawyers.
And I thought about being a doctor.
Worked with my parents on a volunteer ambulance service.
Was an EMT at 16.
So I was a medic in the Army, and I was thinking, "Oh, okay."
You know, you think you're going to be a doctor.
I do want to spend that amount of time
in school before actually having a job after being in the military.
So I thought about it, and decided on nursing as a profession.
And found out some of the values and things like that related to a medical perspective
from a nursing perspective suited my temperament.