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At Galen, we often state that nursing is not just what you do, it’s also who you are. Mark Boyce, a current Cincinnati campus student, is an exemplary example of just this. Boyce, 31, spent many years in leadership roles in the food and retail industry. However, he claims, “there was always a burning desire
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The decision to go back to school can be a tough one to make, but there are actually perks for those taking a less-traditional route. In fact, sometimes the “later-in-life” student might have some advantages over more-traditional students. 1. You Know How To Manage Your Time Many nontraditional students have moved out of Mom &
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It took Tara Dailey, Dean of Galen College of Nursing’s San Antonio campus, a little while to find her way into the nursing field. But once she got started, she never looked back. “I had gone to college in Texas and was working on a psychology degree, but as soon as I finished the associate’s part
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Hannah Robinson has wanted to be a nurse for as long as she can remember because of her “drive to help others,” as she likes to say. And she chose Galen College of Nursing because she felt like Galen was the best fit for the kind of nurse she wanted to be. “I loved the
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Joline Lowe was working at Methodist Hospital-Stone Oak in San Antonio in March when its first COVID patient arrived. An RN for more than a decade, she hadn’t seen anything like it – how the patient deteriorated and how the entire body was affected. “There’s a lot to learn, and a lot to teach the
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Alumni Spotlight: Thurman Eversole, Galen Hazard campus “I never thought I’d be able to become a nurse. And now I can’t imagine doing anything else with my life but nursing.” Thurman Eversole never saw himself becoming a nurse. After dropping out of high school and obtaining his GED, he was working a seemingly endless series
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Hannah Fisher, RN always knew she wanted to pursue a career helping people in times of need. When she told her parents she wanted to be a firefighter, they supported her wholeheartedly. But two years into school and training came a medical diagnosis of arteriovenous malformation (AVM), something that could lead to brain aneurysm with
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A relaxing day at a Florida spring training baseball game for Galen College of Nursing student Michelle Potter turned into a real-life test of her skills when she helped rescue a 75-year-old unconscious fan in the stands. Relaxing after exams, Potter was attending a Philadelphia Phillies game in Clearwater with family and friends when she
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Galen College of Nursing’s student success course, Galen Pathway to Success (GPS), helps future graduates navigate their pathway to achieve a nursing education. Instructor Deborah Kessler, MSN, RN, is one of the driving forces in GPS at the Louisville campus, and she hopes to guide newly enrolled students toward their destination: a degree in nursing.  The course is
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Galen’s PN Program Gives Students a Solid Foundation LiSandra Washington, MSN, MBA-HCM, RN, has always desired a career in healthcare. A native of Newark, New Jersey, Washington moved to Florida with her mother in 1993 and became a Certified Nursing Assistant. Advancing Her Nursing Career Two years later, she saw an ad in a Tampa
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