{"id":171340,"date":"2021-04-16T14:29:13","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T18:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=171340"},"modified":"2021-04-16T14:31:09","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T18:31:09","slug":"mitchell-friedman-masters-of-nursing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2021\/04\/mitchell-friedman-masters-of-nursing\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitchell Friedman &#8217;21 MS, School of Nursing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What\u2019s your area of study and why did you choose it? <\/strong><br \/>\nAs an undergrad, I moved from Psychology to Physiology &amp; Neurobiology, and then to Nursing. I loved biology and chemistry and knew that I wanted a career that was meaningful to me. Considering that it ranks as the #1 most ethical and honest profession year after year and has plenty of opportunities for professional growth, I knew nursing was right for me. I had always planned on eventually becoming a Nurse Practitioner, and as an RN I was able to see the value of a warm and friendly bedside manner on what may be one of worst days of a patient\u2019s life. I chose the acute care track because it is designed to prepare Nurse Practitioners to practice in a hospital setting. Patients and families experience a lot of fear and uncertainty during a hospitalization for serious illness, and I would like to help relieve that any way I can.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your plans after graduation?<\/strong><br \/>\nI would like to work in cardiology. I like that the heart has such a tangible function and fell in love with cardiology after seeing an ultrasound of the heart. It is beautiful to watch as the valves open and close with each beat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How has UConn prepared you for the next chapter in life?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe school of nursing has high expectations for their students in regards to academics and professionalism, and I felt that it set the stage for me to take on a leadership role in my career. UConn has strong ties to healthcare institutions in Connecticut and a great reputation, which I felt helped in my job search.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s something you learned in a class that you\u2019ll always remember?<\/strong><br \/>\nProfessor McNulty from the School of Nursing told us \u201cyour patients won\u2019t care how much you know, until they know how much you care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who was your favorite professor and why?<\/strong><br \/>\nI would say it was a tie between Professor Abbott for Biology and Professor McNulty for Nursing. The subjects they taught formed the foundation for everything I will do as a Nurse Practitioner, and I found their classes both fascinating and entertaining.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s one thing that will always make you think of UConn?<\/strong><br \/>\nI will always be grateful to the School of Nursing because I first met my wife in the Widmer Wing of the Nursing building in 2012 when we were both undergrad nursing students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mitchell Friedman reflects on his time at UConn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":171341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[117],"class_list":["post-171340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-quote"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-28 00:54:34","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171340"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171602,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171340\/revisions\/171602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/171341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171340"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=171340"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=171340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}