Kellie sent us an email about life, nursing, research, and Reed. Here’s an abbreviated version of what she wrote:<\/p>\n
I can’t believe it’s already been 5 years since I graduated from Reed! I
\njust wanted to give you a little update as to what I have been up to.
\nAfter graduation I worked for Dr. Francis Valiyaveetil<\/b><\/a> at OHSU
\ndepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology studying potassium ion
\nchannels. I did a lot of Boc solid phase peptide synthesis and
\npurification. Oh boy, so much HF and TFA! I feel very fortunate to have
\nescaped with only a couple small scars! It was very challenging working
\nin a newly established lab, and working toward securing funding.
\nHowever, I am proud to say that I got published three times. That was
\nreally rewarding, and a bit surprising. I didn’t expect that much of
\nmyself.<\/p>\nAfter 3 years in research, though, I decided that research just
\nisn’t for me. So I started
\nnursing school at Oregon Coast Community College<\/b><\/a> in my hometown of
\nNewport<\/b><\/a>. I just graduated in June and successfully passed my boards this
\nmonth. I am an RN now, can you believe it? Going to nursing school was one of the best, though least thoroughly
\ncontemplated, decisions I’ve made. The nursing process so closely mirrors the scientific method,
\nbut in a faster-paced and more personally intimate way. It’s so
\nrewarding. I hope someday to become a critical care nurse.<\/p>\nI have to credit you and Reed for helping guide me towards this path. I
\ndefinitely learned how to think critically, learn quickly, how to be an
\nindividual, but also how to work in a team… things that are certainly
\nthe foundation of being a good nurse and made nursing school a lot
\neasier.<\/p>\nThanks again for all
\nthe guidance and support …<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kellie sent us an email about life, nursing, research, and Reed. Here’s an abbreviated version of what she wrote: I can’t believe it’s already been 5 years since I graduated from Reed! I just wanted to give you a little … finish reading “I can’t believe it’s already been 5 years!” Kellie Linn ’06<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry_news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry_news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry_news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry_news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry_news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3895"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry_news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4311,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry_news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3895\/revisions\/4311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry_news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry_news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry_news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}