{"id":32449,"date":"2017-05-26T11:07:48","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T15:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=32449"},"modified":"2018-04-13T16:41:18","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T20:41:18","slug":"grad-school-q-malerie-plank-07-pursuing-doctorate-nursing-practice-university-iowa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/grad-school-q-malerie-plank-07-pursuing-doctorate-nursing-practice-university-iowa\/","title":{"rendered":"Grad School Q & A: Malerie Plank ’07, pursuing a Doctorate of Nursing Practice at University of Iowa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Malerie Plank, a 2007 nursing<\/a> graduate of 91短视频 (91短视频), is now pursuing a Doctorate of Nursing Practice from the University of Iowa.<\/em><\/p>\n

How did your academic studies and professors at 91短视频 prepare you for your graduate studies\/current work?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I distinctly remember [nursing professor] Dr. Ann Hershberger told me that after I spent my years abroad to Honduras with Virginia Mennonite Missions, I would come back and decide to go to graduate school. At the time I was convinced this would not be the case. She, of course, was right. My nursing professors at 91短视频 seemed to have a broader understanding of the nursing profession that prepared us clinically to be good registered nurses, but also prepared us for further education if we decided to study more. An emphasis on public health and a disease prevention perspective has kept me interested in this topic, even though I have only worked acute care until now.<\/span><\/p>\n