What our gradutes do
What happens to our nursing students once they graduate? Where do they go?
To the top of their profession.
School of Nursing graduates have gone on to become Ivy League faculty. To win a Presidential Award for public service. To become a Six Sigma consultant for a Fortune 500 company. To write books. To lead companies. To head departments. To travel around the world. And to return to help those who need them in their very own home towns.
Some students came to the University of Rochester because they wanted a secure, high-paying, in-demand job where employment seems all but guaranteed. They got their wish, and have gone on to clinical careers that help save lives and reduce suffering every day.
Some came because they wanted to be in the thick of actual clinical situations, and give the best possible hands-on care to the hurt and the homeless. They finish each day knowing they're making a critical difference to people with nowhere else to turn.
Some came because of a thirst to advance scientific knowledge. They’ve gone on to get doctorates and produce books, to publish respected papers in peer-reviewed journals, and to work for major pharmaceutical companies.
Some came because they wanted health care skills and entrepreneurial training that would help them launch new businesses and health care ventures. They’ve gone on to start companies, build nonprofits, and consult in major industries.
Some were attracted to academic life and are now professors. School of Nursing graduate Catherine Lynch Gilliss is Dean of the Duke University School of Nursing, and had been Dean of the nursing school at Yale University since 1968.
Some have led lives of adventure. School of Nursing graduate Carol Plank was part of the Global Health Fellows program fighting AIDS in Kampala, Uganda.
Some have gone on to affect the entire nursing industry. School of Nursing graduate Pamela Thompson was ranked 21st in Modern Healthcare magazine’s list of the 100 Most Powerful People in the Health Care Industry. As CEO of the American Organization of Nurse Executives, she now represents four thousand nurses in executive practice. And makes their voices heard.
What do graduates do?
With a degree from the University of Rochester School of Nursing, they go as far as their dreams can take them.Related Links
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