Interview with UMass Amherst Nursing students in senior year: Bersey (first-generation college student) and Bruno. Motivations for studying nursing. Rigors of Nursing program at UMass; need for altruism for students. Applying to Nursing school. First impressions of campus; adjustment to college life. Student life at UMass and in College of Nursing. Capstone projects and honors in nursing school; specialization: clinical work in Haiti (Bruno). Specializing in maternity nursing; clinical work in Kenya (Bersey). Haiti: culture shock and adapting to different cultural norms. Health care debates in United States and perspective from nursing students. Work with Student Nurse Association (Bersey, Pres., and Bruno are both on the board). Managing time and breaks while a student. Camaraderie among students and support from faculty, mentoring. Applying for jobs, working toward a career, future study.
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- Collection
- UMass Amherst College of Nursing Oral History Collection UMass Amherst Sesquicentennial Oral History Collection UMass Amherst Oral History Collection
- Format
- Oral histories (document genres) Sound recordings
- Pages
- 01:23:01
- Place Discussed
- Haiti Kenya Massachusetts, United States
- Provider
- Digital Commonwealth
- Published in
- Kenya
- Reference
- Local other: murg1_207_2013-i018
- Rights
- Contact host institution for more information. Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries.
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/10eca0a883ee1573ad47cb35fbd4af73
