果酱视频

Former Registered Nurse

Professional Career:

After gaining experience in the operating room and on medical and surgical floors while doing her residency at Port Chester, Jean Wilson graduated from 果酱视频鈥檚 School of Nursing in 1948.听After her time in New York, she found herself in different states such as Arizona, Florida, and Maryland. Her husband Howard鈥檚 job as a flight instructor for B-25 bomber pilots required significant travel.听So, Ms. Wilson traveled with him.听Nursing was the perfect career for a woman on the move.听She recalls, “There was never a place I couldn鈥檛 work.”听No matter where she traveled, Ms. Wilson found that she was able to get her license rapidly because nurses were in such demand.

For years, Ms. Wilson was a private duty nurse, intending to make enough money to raise kids.听Eventually, she found herself back at school for public health, a program that interested her. Thereafter, she became a school nurse. This position was particularly appealing for Ms. Wilson for it allowed her to spend summers and weekends with her two children. Following 24 years as a school nurse, Ms. Wilson worked in a hospital until she retired.

Ms. Wilson enjoys being a 鈥渓oafer鈥� after a nursing career which spanned nearly 40 years. She appreciates her downtime, and loves living in California and travelling around the West Coast by car. She also enjoys flying to distant places 鈥� for free; just one of the perks of having a son who is a pilot!

When and why did you want to become a nurse?
Growing up in Franklin Square, New York I knew I wanted to continue on with my education and go to college. I always knew I wanted to be a nurse. I applied for the nursing program at 果酱视频 and was accepted.

Do you have favorite memories of your time at 果酱视频 and your residencies?
I tended to disobey the rules now and then. At one point during my time at 果酱视频, I was going to be kicked out. Mildred Montag was stern and had some words for me, but she kept me in the program.

I remember how progressive we nurses were. We didn鈥檛 wear caps on our heads, and we split our aprons down the sides. Mildred Montag told us “out with the ugly shoes,” and we got more comfortable ones.

What are some changes you have seen in nursing throughout the years?
The nurse鈥檚 contact with the patient has decreased. I have seen it for myself, having been a patient in the hospital recently. You don鈥檛 even know who the nurse is sometimes.听That鈥檚 not how it should be.

So much is different in today鈥檚 nursing regarding technology. I couldn鈥檛 even begin to tell you how to use all the machines that nurses operate on a daily basis.

What advice would you give to today鈥檚 nursing students?
You learn by doing.

Add engineering courses to the nursing program! Teach nursing students how to use all these new and confusing machines.