{"id":4240,"date":"2022-05-04T23:06:59","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T23:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/boundless\/?p=4240"},"modified":"2023-04-24T14:52:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T14:52:33","slug":"yuma-nursing-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/stories\/yuma-nursing-student\/","title":{"rendered":"NAU nursing student glad to be in Yuma"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jordan Allen is happy he made the move from the Flagstaff campus to NAU\u2013Yuma where he\u2019s studying to become a nurse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later this year, NAU\u2013Yuma Nursing<\/a> student Jordan Allen will move for what he counts to be the 15th time. Allen\u2019s father is a nurse practitioner in the US Navy, and his postings took the family to bases around the United States and Italy. Allen clearly remembers Googling for information on the day in 2012 when he got the news that they were moving to Yuma, Arizona. The top hit was a video. \u201cThe video was the Circle K right over here,\u201d he says, pointing to the main road visible from Yuma\u2019s hilltop campus. \u201cThere was a huge sandstorm coming in, and there’s this deputy yelling, \u2018Everybody get inside! Everyone inside now!\u2019 They go and they get a bar on the door. The door is just shaking like crazy. And I’m like, \u2018Oh, my God. Where am I moving to?’\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the next few years, Allen learned to take the occasional dust storm in stride, but when it was time to think about college, he decided to move once again and headed to Flagstaff. While helping him move in, Allen\u2019s dad surprised him with a comment. \u201cMy dad, he was moving me up to NAU and he goes, \u2018I used to live here, you know.\u2019\u201d That\u2019s when Allen found out his grandfather was a history professor at NAU in the 1970s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the next two years, Allen finished his general education requirements and was accepted into the Nursing program\u2026in Yuma. At first, he had mixed feelings about going back to Yuma. He enjoyed Flagstaff and the energy on campus. But he was excited to begin his nursing training, so he packed up and headed home. And from the day his nursing classes began, he hasn\u2019t regretted a single moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn Flagstaff, the main campus is huge,\u201d says Allen. \u201cI’ll go into a building and only use that building once the entire time I’m there or not know anybody who’s walking down the street. That’s not a bad thing; that’s just how it is. In Yuma, it’s a smaller group, so it’s a lot more personal. I know most of the teachers here. Even if I’m not in their classes or their different majors, I see them walk around. So you kind of know them a little bit. You’ll say hello.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allen says he has been especially impressed with the support he and the other nursing students get from Assistant Clinical Professor Jason Bradley<\/a>, the campus program coordinator. \u201cProfessor Bradley works to get us everything we need. He puts in the work for us. If you got a problem, he’ll try to fix it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allen says he also appreciates the variety of on-the-job experiences that will help him decide what area of nursing he wants to focus on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy clinical started week six,\u201d he says. \u201cWe go to the renal health hospital tower, the operating room, the pre-op, and post-op, the infusion center. I like that each semester you\u2019re going to all these different places. I like all the extra opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allen is on track to graduate in December 2023. After that, he\u2019s considering earning a nurse practitioner degree like his father. In the meantime, he\u2019s looking forward to experiencing all the possibilities the NAU\u00ad\u2013Yuma Nursing program has to offer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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