糖心Vlog传媒

糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock nursing student recounts journey to becoming a successful RN

Hong 鈥淪teve鈥� Seo, a 2019 graduate of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and current BSN student, joined the Arkansas National Guard while he was still a student at Central High School. It was his work with medical evacuation units that inspired him to become a nurse. After his high school graduation in 2011, Seo spent the next eight years working as a flight operations sergeant with the National Guard. 鈥淚 started at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock in 2014,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 was originally an undeclared major. After my associate degree in general studies, I decided to do nursing. I spent the last three years of my military career in a medevac unit with flight medics, pilots, and nurses. I wanted to help people and save lives. That鈥檚 why I went into the medical field.鈥� During his time as a nursing major, Seo said that his knowledgeable instructors did a great job of preparing him for his future career. 鈥淚 really enjoy the nursing program,鈥� Seo said. 鈥淎ll the instructors are very helpful. They are all experienced nurses and very knowledgeable. They did a good job of setting us up for success. You can tell that they really cared about the students.鈥� Something else that helped prepare him for success in the medical field is the six months he spent working as a student nurse technician at Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System during his last year in the associate degree program at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. 鈥淚t is a good job to have as a nursing student working to become a nurse,鈥� Seo said. 鈥淵ou work very closely with the nurses. That job gave me more practical experience compared to other students who didn鈥檛 have a medical or healthcare related job.鈥� After he graduated with his associate degree in nursing in May 2019, Seo began work as a registered nurse in a cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit in Little Rock. He is currently continuing his education in the BSN program at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. 鈥淣ow that I am a nurse, I feel a combination of having the work experience and everything I learned during the nursing program at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock helped me to be a success. The nursing program did a very good job of teaching me things that I needed to know and preparing me to be a nurse. All of the instructors were great. I鈥檓 confident that they are still doing a good job of preparing future nurses.鈥� For all of his fellow nurses who are celebrating Nurses Week, Seo has the following message. 鈥淣ursing is a challenging profession,鈥� he said. 鈥淎lways remember the reasons why you wanted to be a nurse and how hard you worked to get there. I am both thankful and proud of you all.鈥�