More pages from my life story scrapbook. This is the start of my nursing career. Yes that is my school pin on this page.
Student and graduate LPN
The story page
My
nursing career
began when I enrolled in the Broward Vocation School in
the LPN program in September of 1965 at the age of 17. The teachers made it very clear to me that I
was the youngest student they had ever accepted and they were not sure it was the
right to accept me into the program. I
think they pushed me harder than some of the other students.
On October 13th I had an emergency
appendectomy, it was a Wednesday night. I missed school on Thursday, Friday &
Monday, which was a half day of testing for a scholarship. I walked in to school on Tuesday and I was
asked what was I doing there; they had dropped me from the program. I told them they could not drop from the
program because I had not missed 5 days of school; I had missed 3 days of school. I do not remember thinking that was gutsy
back then but in retrospect it sure did take some guts to stand-up to what I
know what is right. I was able to
finish the year long program but they made me make up two days of school at the
end of the year. I spent my make time
cleaning the classroom for the new class coming.
I was nominated to be the student of the year from my
class and I attended the LPN Nursing Association Conference. Each school had two representatives so we
traveled to the conference. I think it
was in Jacksonville, Florida. I forgot
the name of my fellow student.
Yes my career has been an…
Adventure
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