{"id":59006,"date":"2014-05-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/commencement-2014-personal-experience-inspires-uri-nursing-graduate\/"},"modified":"2014-05-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-09T00:00:00","slug":"commencement-2014-personal-experience-inspires-uri-nursing-graduate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2014\/05\/commencement-2014-personal-experience-inspires-uri-nursing-graduate\/","title":{"rendered":"Commencement 2014: Personal experience inspires 溏心vlog免费B站 nursing graduate"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tStoneham, Mass. resident, Lisa D\u2019Amore, inspired to become a nurse because of mother\u2019s battle with breast cancer<\/p>\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 9, 2014 \u2013 Sometimes inspiration comes from the darkest and most unexpected places. This is true for Lisa D\u2019Amore and her journey to become a nurse. Her mother was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer when she was a sophomore at Stoneham High School in Stoneham, Mass. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cEvery three weeks, I would go to my mom\u2019s chemotherapy sessions with her and my dad. It was kind of just then when I was sitting in the chemo-infusion center at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, that I realized that being a nurse is what I was destined to do,\u201d said D\u2019Amore who will earn her bachelor\u2019s degree in nursing from 溏心vlog免费B站 May 18. <\/p>\n


\n\tShe described the special relationships that she observed between nurses and patients at the hospital. \u201cI was able to see the impact of the nurse on the patients and their ability to comfort someone if they needed it, or provide the patient with a smile. Sometimes it\u2019s all you really need to brighten your day,\u201d stated D\u2019Amore. <\/p>\n


\n\tBy observing and assisting with her mother\u2019s treatment, D\u2019Amore was able to take away a positive from a very negative situation. \u201cIt was definitely one of those situations that proves everything happens for a reason. I\u2019m glad that something good stemmed from it. You learn the most from the difficult times in your life,\u201d said D\u2019Amore.<\/p>\n


\n\tD\u2019Amore applied to more than 10 colleges, but she eventually chose to study nursing at 溏心vlog免费B站. \u201cI just loved the campus feel at 溏心vlog免费B站. I also liked how it was a big campus because I feel that it\u2019s easier to meet and communicate with a variety of people. The University also has a great nursing program, and I felt that there were an endless amount of great opportunities here. 溏心vlog免费B站 also has Italian, which is what I really wanted to minor in,\u201d said D\u2019Amore, who is also minoring in Thanatology, the study of death and dying.<\/p>\n


\n\tD\u2019Amore\u2019s parents were born in Italy and her family speaks Italian. So taking a semester to study there made perfect sense. \u201cI thought the trip was a great experience and I loved every second of it. It was undoubtedly one of the best months of my life. We traveled on the weekends and learned about the culture. I even took some cooking classes. I wish I could have gone longer, but with nursing and clinicals it is difficult to study abroad for an extended period of time,\u201d D\u2019Amore said. <\/p>\n


\n\tBesides the family connection to the language, D\u2019Amore felt that the trip and her minor in Italian would help her as a nurse. \u201cI thought it would be beneficial to have language as a background when working in a hospital. You see large numbers of Spanish and Italian speaking patients. So I thought it would be useful for therapeutic communication with certain patients,\u201d said D\u2019Amore.<\/p>\n


\n\tShe also traveled out of the country in January of 2013 for a mission trip to Nicaragua. However, when D\u2019Amore is not traveling, she is active on campus. She is the Student Nurses\u2019 Association president, a junior leader, and is in the National Nursing Honor Society, Sigma Theta Tau. D\u2019Amore was also the Rhody Ram for a few athletic games. <\/p>\n


\n\tHer rigorous academic schedule also keeps her busy. Some of the subject matter, however, was challenging for D\u2019Amore. After her mother\u2019s diagnosis in 2008, she was cancer free for almost five years. In February of 2013, however, she was re-diagnosed with breast cancer, shortly after D\u2019Amore returned home from Nicaragua. A month later, D\u2019Amore\u2019s mother had a right-mastectomy to remove the cancer.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThat was difficult for me in school, especially because we were in maternal health at that time. We would learn about the female reproductive system and breast health. That was really emotional and it made it difficult to focus on that area while studying. At the time, it was something that I wanted to avoid. I was already hearing so much about it,\u201d she explained. <\/p>\n


\n\tAlthough her time at the University is coming to a close, Rhode Island and the University will always be special in D\u2019Amore\u2019s eyes. \u201cIt\u2019s a small state, but I feel like I\u2019ve gained so much personal and professional experience here. It has a big place in my heart. I\u2019m so happy I chose to come here,\u201d said D\u2019Amore.<\/p>\n


\n\tAs for the future, D\u2019Amore plans to move back home and work at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital while she studies for her licensing exam. She would ideally like to find a job in Boston. \u201cI would love to work in Boston because the city has so much to offer,\u201d she explained. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI love the ability of being able to help people \u2013 nursing related or not. Even if it\u2019s just taking the time to make someone smile when they are in a lot of pain or if they are physically or emotionally uncomfortable. Especially after having been through everything with my mom, it means more personally if I can do the same thing for someone else that someone has done for her,\u201d said D\u2019Amore.<\/p>\n


\nThis press release was written by Ashley Henry, a communications major interning in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Marketing and Communications Department. <\/p>\n


\nPictured above

\nLisa D\u2019Amore poses in White Hall

\nMarketing & Communication photo by Michael Salerno Photography.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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