On Wednesday, November 28th 2007 I finished my very last NEST class and earned my graduate certificate as Nurse Educator. That afternoon I made my last curriculum presentation using nothing but cereal boxes, rubber bands, and stuffed crust pizza. Now that I think about it, it's kinda funny; I really did get my teaching certificate out of a cereal box!
After that class the teacher presented us with cupcakes that had little flags sticking out of the top of them that said "Congratulations Nurse Educator." It was actually kind of endearing. That day I walked into University of Washington as a nurse and walked out as a nurse educator. As I was hiking across campus that dark raining afternoon, I couldn't help but think of how oddly anticlimactic that actually was... It's not really a bad thing, or even a big thing, it's just a thing.
I drove off campus and treated myself to a sandwich. After that I went to a Bible study,it was the first time I had gone to a Bible study since I started graduate school and I couldn't have thought of a better way to celebrate.
But don't worry folks, this isn't the end. That was only the certificate I finished, I still have to defend my thesis before I get the degree!
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Congratulations!
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