2. Nicole Andres Lifes under no obligation to give us what we
expect. Margaret Mitchell
3. Kelsey Bystrom Take pride in how far you have come, and have
faith in how far you can go! Christian Larson
4. Cassie Cabor To ascend to the art of Nursing requires a
Nurse willing to perform athorough and accurate assessment of the
person via Inspection of the character, Palpation of the mind,
Percussion of the heart and, Auscultation of the soul. -Karen
BugajOur ethics group was one of my favorite memories!
5. Adam CroninFuture plans- Travel the worldFavorite memory
from nursing- First day of clinical.If you want to travel fast,
travel alone. If you want to travel far, travel together.
6. Kacie Dingmann Future plans: begin my journey as a floor
nurse and eventually work in a critical care setting Favorite
nursing memory: South Africa Summer 2012- completing amazing
clinicals, experiencing a new culture, seeing things that I never
dreamed of, conquering fears (bungee jumping and shark diving!!)
and becoming closer with some of my classmates!
7. Anna DixonMy favorite nursing memory was when I was in the
delivery room andgot to be the first person to hand a dad his
newborn daughter.
8. Kristin Donner Favorite nursing memory: Everything about
South Africa! Practicing for all of my test outs on my roommates
and taking vitals on the entire Pat 2 floor. "What lies behind us
and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies
within us." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
9. Becca Dummer A journey of a thousand miles begins with a
single step. - Lao TzuFavorite nursing memory: The people-my
classmates, who are greatfriendsthe faculty,who are inspirational
role modelsand patients, who I was able to care for.Future nursing
plan: Gain experience within the nursing field and become a
critical carenurse. My future nursing goal is to become a Nurse
Anesthetist.
10. Maggie Engelmeier "Be kind, for everyone you meet is
fighting a hard battle" - PlatoFavorite memory: All of the
friendships I have made throughout my time in theprogram. I also
particularly loved my entire trip to Belize in the Spring of 2011.
Itmade me grow as a nurse and a person in ways I would never have
imagined.Future plans: Work with veterans at a VA hospital. I also
have plans to continue myeducation.
11. Emily Fagerholm Favorite nursing memory: When Janet sat on
my backpack during class to demonstrate acute renal failure.
12. Jenni Folstad "Work for a cause, not for applause. Live
life to express, not to impress. Dont strive to make your presence
noticed, just make your absence felt.
13. Beth Gallus "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful
lot, nothing is going to get better. Its not. Dr. Seuss, The
LoraxMy future nursing plans involve being that person that cares a
wholeawful lot and doing my best to make a difference in others
lives.
14. Ed GithioraFavorite memory: Kathys acting:she pretended to
have a heartattack or something like that, shefell on the floor and
for whatseemed like forever and no oneresponded..Future plans:
Become a nursepractitioner and open a healthclinic in Africa
15. Laura Guimond My future plan is to obtain a full time RN
position. I have loved getting to know my fellow nursing classmates
who have truly become some of my best friends!
16. Hans GunnessNursing Memory: Studying with Edfor the OB/GYN
final at Sals Bar!Future Plans: Pursuing a life that Ilook back on
and say, "That waspretty sweet!"Go confidently in the direction
ofyour dreams. Live the life you haveimagined. Henry David
Thoreau
17. Megan Gustafson "We cant plan life. All we can do is be
available for it." -Lauryn Hill
18. Brittney HoffmanFavorite Quote: "Crohns is like diamonds,
its forever." -Janet
19. Kelley KnapekFavorite nursing memory: Driving tohospice
visits in the townships in PortElizabeth with JenniFuture nursing
plans: I will be goingto the University of Minnesota Schoolof
Public Health in August forepidemiology
20. Francesca Levine Future Plans: Work as a nurse for the U.S.
Army and hang out with my husband! Great nursing memory: Eating
lunch after class with fellow nurses. Conversation usually involved
whatever bodily functions we were learning about that
day...Yum!
21. Lauren LaGue Future plan: moving to Colorado to work as an
RN before grad school. "We dont see things as they are, we see them
as we are."
22. Janelle LawrenceFuture Plans: I love research and I cant
get enough of working with children! I hope towork in childrens
hospital and become involved in nursing research after graduation.
Ihope to pursue a DNP in Pediatrics or Nurse Anesthesia.Memory:
After making the decision to take his son off of life support, a
father told methat he is so thankful for what nurses do, how kind
and compassionate we are, andthat he will always be thankful that
his son was brought to us. A moment I will neverforget- this is why
I am a nurse.
23. Jan Lynch Favorite memories....Torch....I need another hot
chocolate. Laughing and having fun with my peeps Torch, Cabor,
Andres, Cronin, and Fagerholm during 379 night class!Future Plans:
Become a certified Hospice nurse and/or Advanced Practice
Nursespecializing in Hospice Care with focus on Complementary
Alternative Medicine. "Too often we underestimate the power of a
touch, a smile, a kind word, alistening ear, an honest compliment,
or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to
turn a life around." -Leo Buscaglia
24. Jessamy LyonsFuture plans: Working in the critical
careimmersion program for new grads starting oncardiac medicine
floor at Regions hospital.Favorite nursing memories were inBelize.
Forming new friendships, flyingaround, learning about the culture,
andexperiencing many firsts
25. Emily Marks"Believe in yourself. You gain strength,
courage, and confidence by every experience in which you stop to
look fear in the face... You must do that which you think you
cannot do." -Eleanor Roosevelt
26. Nicole Nierenhausen "To accomplish great things, you must
not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
-Anatole France
27. Alisha Pepera The future belongs to those who believe in
the beauty of their dreams".
28. Jess Pfahning When youre a nurse you know that every day
you will touch a life or a life will touch yours.Future plans: Work
on the Medical Thoracic unit at Mayo Clinic-St. MarysHospital and
pursue Graduate School
29. Xin PiaoFavorite nursing memory:First sophomore clinical at
a nursing home, my patient didnt knowhow to pronounce my name. So I
told her My name is Xin, it soundslike shinbone on your leg. She
replied oh, your name is Shin Bone,how cute.
30. Rachel Polk We must let go of the life we had planned so as
to have the life that is waiting for us. - Joseph Campbell Future
plans: RN on the Telemetry Unit at St. Cloud Hospital
31. Gabe RuhlandFavorite nursing memory: all the friends I have
made throughout the years andthe laughs we have shared! "Never
regret a day in your life. Good days give you happiness and bad
days give you experience. Both are essential in life. All are Gods
blessings."
32. Abbey RosiumFavorite nursing memory: getting to know all of
my nursingclassmates and professors throughout the program :)Future
nursing plans: Work as a staff RN for a few years and thenpursue
further nursing education (either DNP or CNS).Life is too short to
wake up in the morning with regrets. So, love the people who treat
you right and forget about theones who dont. And believe that
everything happens for areason. If you get a chance - take it; if
it changes your life - let it. Nobody said that it would be easy,
they just promised that it would be worth it.
33. Sara SandwickDont cry because its over. Smile because it
happened. ~Dr. SeussQuotes from the profs: "what three things will
you take with you in your back pocket?" -Julie "pearls of wisdom"
and "lil cherubs" (pediatric clinical) -Sigrid "symptoms of fart
(heart) failure" -Kathy O.Memories: Studying abroad in Africa:
safari, home health visits to township,worlds tallest bungee
bridgeFuture plans: orthopedic floor at Mayo Clinic, Rochester
34. Nicole Schaefer My favorite nursing memory: its a tie
between our entire trip to Belize(Painting that bathroom was
probably one of my favorite and least favorite days) and Sigrid
literally pushing me into a patients room on one of our first days
of our pediatric rotation.Future nursing plans: work in Pediatrics
for the rest of my life and hopefully dosome volunteering in other
countries in need.
35. Caroline Smith Favorite memory: I had a patient who used to
love playing poker but hadnt in over 40 years. After some serious
nagging on my part, I finally convinced him to play cards with me.
His laughter, smiles, and jokes were priceless!Future plans:
Working on an Oncology/Hospice floor at Mayo Clinic
36. Kayla Solum Twenty years from now you will be more
disappointed by the things that you didnt do than by the ones you
did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. -
Mark Twain Future Nursing Plans: General Surgery RN at the Mayo
Clinic/St. Marys Hospital
37. Mae Stodola"The future belongs to those whobelieve in the
beauty of their dreams.-Eleanor Roosevelt
38. Elissa Terhaar Favorite memory: Going to Gorecki with a big
group on nursing majors and having conversations that would make
most anybody else lose their appetite!
39. Kellyn Thomas"Dance like nobody is watching; love like
youve never been hurt.Sing like nobodys listening; live like its
heaven on earth." - MarkTwainFuture Plans: Becoming a Child Life
Specialist
40. Sarah Thompson My favorite memory from nursing is the trip
to South Africa in general. One word...Hunters.
41. Katy TorchiaFuture Plans: RN on the Adult Unitat Gillette
Childrens SpecialtyHealthcare; eventually pursue aDNP in
Pediatrics/ Special NeedsAttitude is everything. Be kinder than
necessary, for everyone youmeet is fighting some kind of battle.
Live simply, love generously, caredeeply, speak kindly, and leave
the rest to God.
42. Katy TrostMy favorite nursing memory is one from South
Africa. We went to AIDSHaven, a place for kids with AIDS or parents
who died of AIDS to live.We spent time with the preschoolers.
Teaching them to write and seethe smiles on their faces was really
moving and eye-opening, and itreally reminded me of how precious
life can be."The greatest adventure is what lies ahead."-J.R.R.
Tolkien
43. Lauren Varberg My favorite nursing memory is going to South
Africa!
44. Sam Whitacre My future plans including working at the
cardiac ICU at Sanford.
45. Chelsea Wilson After graduation I will be working at the
Mayo Eugenio Litta Childrens Hospital (Pediatric Unit for the Mayo
Clinic) and I also have aspirations to become a Nurse Practitioner
in the near future.