the transition to his new practice, just as it did in medical school. “The work experience that I had defi- nitely helped,” he said. “I could tell right off the bat when we were doing some of our simulated patient encounters in school, it was much easier for me to talk to a patient because I’d already been doing it. “It was really easy for me to go into family medicine because when you’re do- ing PT, you’re seeing a patient for 30–45 minutes and you really get to know them. So, you can tease out the questions that you need to ask, the information that you need. I think it carried over a lot.” Barnard said his biggest advantage, how-
ever, is his wife Kista, who’s an RN and trav- el nurse. He said having a partner who can understand the stress of a job in healthcare these days is a resource he values greatly. “It’s really hard for anybody to under- stand that, unless you’ve actually just been in this situation,” he said. “If there was one thing about having somebody in the fami- ly who is a healthcare professional, it’s that
she often gives me a perspective that may- be I didn’t think about. “It could be something that we’re talking about, ‘Oh I had this come in to- day and blah, blah, blah,’ and oftentimes
she can offer perspective, being a nurse. She’s spent a lot of time with patients and kind of getting to know family dy- namics and stuff. I think that has proba- bly been the greatest advantage.”
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“The West Plains campus gave me the resources I needed to help me study to reach my goals. I already had a heart to take care of people and Missouri State-West Plains gave me the necessary tools to make that happen.”
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MERINDA CRIGLER REGISTERED NURSE, OZARKS HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE IN NURSING, MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY-WEST PLAINS
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