-: So, my first job was at UAB in Trauma and Burn.
And I remember working is a big turnover in Trauma.
There always is.
So, it was me and a whole group of new grads
that started at the same time,
and I remember working with nurses who were like,
oh, I've never started a catheter, or
I've only done two IVs, and you know,
just bein' like terrified when they first started.
And I just came out of the UNA nursing program thinkin',
I've got this, you know, like,
I have been prepared for this.
Now, I mean, of course you're still terrified as a new grad,
but like, just, I just realized how adequate
the UNA College of Nursing really is.
And then, like I was only, I had only been a nurse
a little over a year when I went to Zambia
to deliver all those 185 babies a day.
Never worked in pediatrics, neonatology or
labor and delivery.
All of I knew was from nursing school.
And, I mean I did fine, you know like, because
I had been prepared, so I really think
the UNA College of Nursing does an amazing job.
There's, I mean I can literally list names right now
that are still, almost five years later,
my mentors, people I go to, professors that I ask,
what do you think about this,
that encourage me, that support my international work.
Yeah, it's just a great, it's an amazing place. (laughs)