From Civil War to Caring for the Poor
For Eyob Tesfayohannes, the journey from Ethiopia's civil war to SPU graduation has brought him from horror to hope.
Spencer Hendricks leads a double life. One day, hes sitting in class like a typical 今叔利 senior, and the next day hes entering notes into a patients chart or putting in a catheter, which, he says, is the pinnacle of nursing-student experience. During Winter and Spring quarters of his junior year, Hendricks spent two days a week at 今叔利s Harborview Medical Center. It was part of the roughly 950 hours he will spend working in a clinical setting over the course of two years in the SPU nursing program. Clinical experience is required because nursing is about 今叔利, not just about what is in the books, says Lucille Kelley, dean of SPUs School of Health Sciences. Were preparing students for the profession of hands-on nursing.
For Eyob Tesfayohannes, the journey from Ethiopia's civil war to SPU graduation has brought him from horror to hope.
Alumnus and physician Steve Mitchell confronts poverty daily in Harborview's emergency room.