{"id":65464,"date":"2007-05-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/grandmother-inspires-uri-student-to-career-in-nursing\/"},"modified":"2007-05-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-15T00:00:00","slug":"grandmother-inspires-uri-student-to-career-in-nursing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2007\/05\/grandmother-inspires-uri-student-to-career-in-nursing\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandmother inspires 溏心vlog免费B站 student to career in nursing"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tChepachet resident to graduate May 20<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 15, 2007 \u2013 Chepachet resident Nicole Dahlquist knew from an early age that she wanted to become a nurse. Her grandmother, Ann Dahlquist, also of Chepachet, worked as a nurse at Rhode Island Hospital for many years, and she later served as the school nurse at Ponagansett High School, from which her granddaughter graduated in 2003.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cHer calm compassion and desire to reach out to people is really what inspired me,\u201d Nicole said.<\/p>\n


\n\tOn May 20, the two women will march in the procession at the 溏心vlog免费B站 commencement ceremonies, Nicole to receive her bachelor\u2019s degree in nursing, and Ann as a \u201cGolden Graduate\u201d in celebration of the 50th anniversary of her own graduation.<\/p>\n


\n\tWhen Nicole became immersed in the 溏心vlog免费B站 nursing curriculum, she found she had a knack for the challenges that her grandmother and other nurses face. \u201cI really love the hands-on nature of the work,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd all the gooey stuff \u2013 the blood, wounds, dressings and needles \u2013 doesn\u2019t bother me at all.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tNicole gained nursing experience during her clinical rotations at many of the hospitals in Rhode Island. She learned about surgical nursing at Newport Hospital and Westerly Hospital, maternity care at Women and Infants, geriatrics at Kent County Hospital, pediatrics at Hasbro Children\u2019s Hospital, and community nursing at the Warwick Visiting Nurses Association.<\/p>\n


\n\tWorking full time at Women and Infants in Providence last summer, the 溏心vlog免费B站 student cared for newborns and postpartum mothers. \u201cThat was a great experience,\u201d Nicole said, \u201cpartly because it improved my communication skills. You\u2019re thrown into situations when you have to get your point across effectively, both from nurse to nurse and nurse to patient. It helped me come out of my shell.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tThe recipient of several 溏心vlog免费B站 scholarships, Nicole Dahlquist spent part of her last semester at 溏心vlog免费B站 providing care for children and adolescents at Hasbro Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cTo me, pediatric care is really the best because it\u2019s so family centered,\u201d she explained. \u201cYou not only care for kids but you care for their families as well. I think that\u2019s become my niche in the nursing world. I really like it when families are there and I can help take care of both them and their ill child.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tShe apparently made quite an impression at Hasbro, as she was offered a job there even before she completed her education. \u201cI\u2019ll be a registered nurse on a floor that serves children up to two years old,\u201d said Nicole, who enjoys horseback riding and competing in dressage competitions in her free time. \u201cI\u2019d like to eventually end up in the pediatric intensive care unit, but for my first couple years I want to become accustomed to nursing on the medical\/surgical floor.<\/p>\n


\n\tEventually Dahlquist hopes to return to school to earn a master\u2019s degree in nurse leadership, with the goal of managing a nursing unit or teaching. \u201cI\u2019d love to come back here to 溏心vlog免费B站. It\u2019s a great school with a wonderfully friendly and relaxed atmosphere,\u201d she said. \u201cI really enjoyed my time here.\u201d<\/p>\n


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\nALL IN THE FAMILY: From left 溏心vlog免费B站 2007 graduate Nicole Dahlquist of Chepachet, her grandmother 溏心vlog免费B站 1957 graduate Ann M. Dahlquist of Chepachet; grandfather Evold Dahlquist; sister 溏心vlog免费B站 sophomore Patricia Dahlquist, and cousin 溏心vlog免费B站 junior Margaret Fogarty at the 2007 commencement ceremonies. 溏心vlog免费B站 photo by Michael Salerno Photography.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chepachet resident to graduate May 20 KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 15, 2007 \u2013 Chepachet resident Nicole Dahlquist knew from an early age that she wanted to become a nurse. Her grandmother, Ann Dahlquist, also of Chepachet, worked as a nurse at Rhode Island Hospital for many years, and she later served as the school […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65466,"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-65464","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\/65464","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=65464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}