It will be exciting to hold our commencement ceremony on May 20th. “So how I can take what I observe and act upon it to improve outcomes, and then also I’m continuing to look at that relationship between sleep and delirium and kids.Happy Cinco de Mayo! We are already in May and the end of the semester is in sight. “I’m getting training in intervention research and doing observational research in my doctoral work,” she said. She plans to continue to develop her research into how hospital conditions could connect to delirium in children and develop interventions in the ICU environment to promote sleep and reduce the chance of delirium. She was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship through the Center for Clinical and Translational Science. Kalvas will continue her research at Ohio State. I like Ohio State, but other people also think that it’s good.’”Īs a researcher, Kalvas has focused on sleep disruption and delirium in children under 2 years of age in intensive care units. When you’re inside, I don’t know if you always know that, then you talk to people who don’t go to Ohio State and you’re like, ‘Oh wow. She felt the decision was validated at a conference this spring when she was speaking to peers about the positive reputation of the nursing PhD program. “I’m definitely glad about the choice of Ohio State,” she said. A Presidential Fellowship and continuing training grants helped Kalvas continue her career in the College of Nursing. But at Ohio State, they really instilled that confidence in me and made me realize how much potential I have.”įor PhD candidate Laura Beth Kalvas, it will be the next chapter of a journey at Ohio State that began as an undergraduate in 2009. “Looking back at me, as a freshman, you could not tell me that I was moving to Atlanta, that I was going to Emory and I was going to be a doctor. “I feel like all of the boxes at Ohio State have checked off for me to be successful at any institution,” she said. From her professional training to her education, she believes Ohio State has prepared her well. She admitted it was a challenge at first until she found peers and mentors who helped her succeed.įollowing graduation, Hope will attend Emory University to pursue a doctorate as a family nurse practitioner. Hope is a first-generation student who started her college career at the Newark campus. You know, you get that feeling inside and you’re, like, ‘Oh, maybe this is what I’m supposed to be doing.’” “That experience really allowed me to figure out what I wanted to do because of how it made me feel. “Me and my mom helped her, and just cared for her,” Hope said. For many of these students, much of their education in health care came during a deadly pandemic.įor Cincinnati-native Aarhea Hope, acting as a caregiver as her grandmother suffered through stage four colon cancer inspired her desire to become a nurse. It’s a number and a class that speaks to passion, perseverance and purpose. This weekend the section of Ohio Stadium designated for students graduating from the College of Nursing might look a little fuller than usual.Ī record 700 graduates from the college are expected to celebrate commencement on Sunday.
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