I’m happy to tell you Emilie graduated from Schoolcraft College’s nursing program in May and passed her state licensing boards three weeks later. She is officially a Registered Nurse. Cue the applause! I don’t even know how to explain adequately what I feel about her achievement. I am proud, happy and, frankly, relieved. Getting into and surviving a nursing program is not easy. There’s the minimum grade point average requirement and the wait for your turn to begin the program. Emilie is smart as a whip, but she had to up her game to get the grades. She took pharmacology twice to get a passing grade, requiring her to wait a full year to get back into the program’s rotation of classes, which turned out to be just two weeks after her dad died. The volume of material covered is daunting. Study time leaves little room for much else and…
Becoming a registered nurse fulfills childhood dream
