{"id":58153,"date":"2016-03-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-nursing-student-relies-on-drive-positive-personality-to-succeed-fight-chronic-pancreatitis\/"},"modified":"2016-03-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T00:00:00","slug":"uri-nursing-student-relies-on-drive-positive-personality-to-succeed-fight-chronic-pancreatitis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2016\/03\/uri-nursing-student-relies-on-drive-positive-personality-to-succeed-fight-chronic-pancreatitis\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 nursing student relies on drive, positive personality to succeed, fight chronic pancreatitis"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\t42-year-old Pawtucket resident works part-time as dialysis assistant<\/b><\/p>\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 March 15, 2015 — Kai Younger stands out at the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Nursing for many reasons. The 42-year-old full-time student has a part-time job at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Providence and she\u2019s a \u201cbig sister to many of her younger classmates and is vice president of the Multi-Cultural Student Nurses Association.<\/p>\n


\nAnd she has also been fighting chronic pancreatitis for most of her working life. It\u2019s an inflammatory condition that does not heal or improve\u2014and it eventually impairs a patient\u2019s ability to digest food and make pancreatic hormones.<\/p>\n


\nBut daily challenges don\u2019t dull her desire to succeed, positive attitude or ever-present smile. Younger hopes to be selected for a new procedure developed at Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital to treat the disease. In the meantime she also has a bucket list and has recently checked off a few items — attending a Janet Jackson concert and buying a new car. A trip to Key West is next on the list. <\/p>\n


\nYounger is technically a senior but, but is a junior in the College of Nursing at 溏心vlog免费B站 because of course requirements. <\/p>\n


\nIt took her several years to get to 溏心vlog免费B站, but she said, \u201cAge is not really very important. There is a huge mix of ages in the College of Nursing.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nShe is grateful and happy to have been given the opportunity to obtain a bachelor of science in nursing. As her career advances, Younger sees herself becoming a leader in the field.<\/p>\n


\nThroughout her work history, Younger has dealt with many patients and critical situations and is \u201ccalm under pressure.\u201d She works part time for the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Providence as a dialysis technician. In fact, it was her work there that earned her a scholarship from the veterans\u2019 agency to attend 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n


\n \u201cCollege is my full -time job now, but I work for the VA on vacations and during the summer,\u201d said Younger, who will owe three years of service to the VA when she graduates. \u201cIt is great. I have an automatic job when I graduate and the opportunity to float and become well versed in many areas of nursing at the VA.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n In dealing with her illness, the Pawtucket resident said she has more good days than bad .She lives with 2 rescue ferrets and 2 new Bichon Frise puppies that she affectionately calls \u201cher dream dogs\u201d. <\/p>\n


\nYounger\u2019s other interests are sewing, drawing, painting, crochet and playing the clarinet. She also serves on the 溏心vlog免费B站 Diversity Committee.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cI love working with other students and helping them deal with stressful situations where her previous work experience comes in handy,\u201d Younger said. <\/p>\n


\nShe said she is well prepared for emergencies and that can be an example for other students. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cBut I still have a lot to learn and will work hard to develop my nursing skills,\u201d Younger said.<\/p>\n


\nShe is fascinated with the brain and the important role optimism plays in a patient\u2019s recovery.

\nAnd Younger looks forward to working in pediatric oncology because she will be able to empathize with her patients and their parents because of her own struggles in dealing with a chronic disease. <\/p>\n


\n溏心vlog免费B站 photo by Rick Wilson.\n\t<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

42-year-old Pawtucket resident works part-time as dialysis assistant KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 March 15, 2015 — Kai Younger stands out at the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Nursing for many reasons. The 42-year-old full-time student has a part-time job at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Providence and she\u2019s a \u201cbig sister to many of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}