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• Always wanted to help people• Very social person• Variety of nursing fields• Loved learning about the body 

h d il i b d i /• Love the daily Interactions between nurse and patient/• family

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Short term:  Complete the academic requirements needed to graduate from requirements needed to graduate from the nursing program at UMASS Lowell

Long term: Work as a registered nurse on a medical surgical unit for two years and then pursue a career as a traveling nurse 

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Short term:•Staying focused on school•Allotting study time, working with study groups•Utilizing tools made available by BDN such as •Utilizing tools made available by BDN such as 

•IPOD touch that held nursing software•Saunders NCLEX review book

C     hi h   d l d d    h  BD  •NCLEX 3500 which was downloaded on the BDN laptops

Long term: g•Revising my resume•Writing cover letters•Searching for jobs•Searching for jobs

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•Preceptorship at New England Rehabilitation Hospital in Woburn•Worked on the brain injury unit which consisted mainly of stroke patients•I participated in a formal interview with the nurse manager where we discussed my goals.•These consisted of independently working with patients and utilizing my critical thinking skills, increasing my knowledge of g y g , g y gmedications administered as well as increasing my patient load•This semester I became an autonomous nursing student.

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•I had one specific goal to care for four patients successfully and I    ll   bl     d    i   d   f  fiI was actually able to exceed my expectations and care for five.•Presented an in‐service to NERH on pressure ulcer stagingThis consisted of two sessions•Presented a presentation about CVAs to my seminar group

Pressure Ulcers Pressure Ulcers

Presented by: Ava Richardson

Presented by: Ava Richardson

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•Also worked on community project in the city of Lawrence we taught at the Boys and Girls club and taught teens about STDs prevention, signs and symptoms and proper treatment due to the highsymptoms and proper treatment due to the high incidence rate of STDs among the teen population of this citythis city

Brian Crowley, Deanna Lynch, Ava Richardson, Taylor McGillvray, Ada Wolde

The persons whose photographs are depicted in the slides are professional models. They have no relation to the issues discussed. Any characters they are portraying are fictional.

This presentation gives only basic facts about the health effects of STDs. Be sure to talk with your doctor, nurse or other health-care provider about all of your health needs.

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I am a self‐proclaimed super senior and a proud b f h d l fmember of the Graduating class of 2010

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However before this achievement However before this achievement my experience as an 

undergraduate in the nursing program consisted ofprogram consisted of….

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My community project group teaching about My community project group teaching about STDs at The Boys and Girls Club in 

Lawrence. 

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M    S h i   d I    h  My preceptor Stephanie and I at the Preceptor Appreciation Day

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And of

And of course forming life long memories through long memories through cake fights at a surprise birthday party!!

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I  l d    h   l b  ll b ll I played on the club volleyball team

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I also attended some events held by the 

school.

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I lived on the 18tth floor of fox hall for three years.

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dBut I am very excited!!

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I would like to thank the BDN program for helping me g gto utilize various resources on campus to enhance my learning.  Also I would like to thank‐you all for the positive support I have felt from the very moment I positive support I have felt from the very moment I entered into this program.