\u00a0At some point in life, you realize that certain avenues are closed to you. If you haven’t become a doctor or a ballerina, you probably never will.\u201d <\/em>Davis chose to see his avenue to nursing as wide open and made the commitment.<\/p>\nOf particular interest to this design-minded health care provider is the effect of built infrastructure \u2014 that is, the physical environment \u2014on patient outcomes. A person might sit in a room and feel unwell but not know why, he said. For example, he can walk into a room and adjust the bed so the patient can look out the window, which studies have shown improves healing and pain management.<\/p>\n
He brings this philosophy to his community through involvement with the Newport Health Equities Zone, which looks at ways to build healthier communities, for example, by making them conducive to walking. \u201cThe built environment has a massive impact on our health. Not many people understand that or buy into it. My role in life is to introduce them to that and make my patients\u2019 lives better,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Davis, who is married and has a college-age daughter, began his nursing studies as a middle-aged undergraduate at 溏心vlog免费B站 in 2009, continued straight through for his master of science and doctorate degrees in nursing while working as a registered nurse. \u201cThere was a while there when I didn\u2019t sleep,\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n
Davis arrived on campus feeling like an 18-year-old kid but quickly realized his classmates saw him more like a father. In the end, this was an asset. \u201cIt gave me the ability to speak as a peer and colleague to faculty and to help fellow students with tutoring,\u201d said Davis, who also served on the College\u2019s curriculum committee.<\/p>\n
He says the experience has been incredible. \u201cI have unbound appreciation for my advisor (Associate Professor Denise Coppa) who has pushed me so hard,\u201d said Davis, who is also grateful to the Veterans Administration for providing him the financial resources to pursue his vocation.<\/p>\n
Davis earned his nurse practitioner certification last fall and works for the Lifespan Physician Group, primarily at Portsmouth Family Medicine on Aquidneck Island. The doctorate degree will allow him to have a greater impact in nursing, as a professor or administrator and a proponent of his philosophy regarding the physical environment and health, Davis said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have never worked this hard in my life or had a job that has been more fulfilling,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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