{"id":65386,"date":"2007-05-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/international-traveler-to-begin-nursing-career-after-uri-graduation-may-20\/"},"modified":"2007-05-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-08T00:00:00","slug":"international-traveler-to-begin-nursing-career-after-uri-graduation-may-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2007\/05\/international-traveler-to-begin-nursing-career-after-uri-graduation-may-20\/","title":{"rendered":"International traveler to begin nursing career after URI graduation May 20"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tLincoln resident interned in Denmark, hiked through Southeast Asia<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 8, 2007 \u2013 Lincoln resident Brad St. Martin gets around.<\/p>\n


\n\tAs a nursing student at the University of Rhode Island, he spent time learning the ropes at hospitals around the region and worked for a semester in Denmark. And on his free time he travels to exotic destinations, especially in Southeast Asia, to hike in unique environments.<\/p>\n


\n\tOn May 20, St. Martin will graduate from URI and begin his nursing career.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI started out studying journalism in Vermont, but in the summers I worked at Butler Hospital in Providence, and I fell in love with the role of the nurse,\u201d he said. \u201cI enjoy providing hands-on patient care and interacting with patients. There is a great feeling of accomplishment when you help someone in that way.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tSt. Martin said that his favorite part of his URI education was the clinical rotations at area hospitals. He learned pediatric care at Hasbro Children\u2019s Hospital, medical-surgical nursing at Westerly Hospital, general nursing at Newport Hospital, and psychiatric care at the South Shore Mental Health Clinic.<\/p>\n


\n\tA two-month internship in the intensive care unit at a hospital in Aarhus, Denmark, last fall inspired him. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe technology and the care there is very similar to here,\u201d said St. Martin, who explored Greece, Italy, Germany, Holland, Portugal and the Czech Republic before starting his internship. \u201cIt was pretty intense work, with several cancer patients, as well as patients with numerous cardiac and abdominal conditions. I provided total patient care \u2013 medication administration in all forms, continuous patient assessments, family care, and even hospice care at times.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tSt. Martin found that he likes the intensity, fast pace and critical thinking required of intensive care and emergency room nurses, so his job search is focused on finding employment in the ICU or emergency room at a local hospital. \u201cThe nursing job market is pretty good, so I\u2019m shopping around for the best position I can find here in Rhode Island,\u201d said the recent inductee into the international nursing honor society, Sigma Theta Tau.<\/p>\n


\n\tTo relieve the stress of his school responsibilities, St. Martin prefers to get away from it all and take a hike. \u201cWalking in the woods, submerged in nature\u2019s beauty, allows your mind to drift, escaping the stressors of life and immersing one in a meditative state of peace.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tSt. Martin spent a summer working and hiking in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, but his favorite backpacking destination is Southeast Asia. He traveled for five weeks in Thailand \u2013 \u201cthat\u2019s where I caught the travel bug,\u201d he noted \u2013 then for a month in Malaysia. He hopes to return to explore Vietnam, Cambodia and Indonesia next.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cSoutheast Asia is a beautiful place, the people are great, it\u2019s cheap to live, the food is amazing, and it\u2019s got the mountains and the beaches,\u201d he explained. \u201cIt\u2019s still a developing area, so it\u2019s virtually untouched and filled with natural beauty. I can\u2019t wait to go back.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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