>> I did an undergrad at Pitt.
English Literature.
I also got an Anthropology degree, I think, by accident, because I needed one more class.
And I was just like, sure.
But my senior year I got a job as a nursing assistant, just to make a little bit
of money, and it changed my whole life.
And I was like, I don't want to do this.
So I did finish out my degree.
I do have a degree in English Literature.
And then I went back to Pitt again for their Second Degree Accelerated BSN Program.
So in 11 months-I didn't sleep very often-but I did acquire a BSN.
And I did start nursing from there.
Since then I have gone on to pursue a graduate degree from the University of Pittsburgh.
I'm doing a Doctor of Nursing Practice
so I can be a family nurse practitioner specializing in Gynecology.
I became a nursing assistant on an abdominal transplant step-down unit and I just, you know,
put in a hard day's work every time I worked.
I got offered a job when I came out of nursing school.
And then a year after that I just wanted something a little more
so I transferred to the ICU.