Caitlyn Fuller
The COVID-19 pandemic changed people’s lives in many ways. For Caitlyn Fuller, a Barbara Rood Student Choice Award recipient, the pandemic changed her career focus.
The Otsego High School graduate was working in an office in 2020 and said she could not imagine herself working behind a computer the rest of her life. When the pandemic hit, she saw nurses going above and beyond for the community and that inspired her to make a change. “I was inspired by them and realized nursing was a profession I wanted to be a part of,” she said.
She then enrolled at Owens Community College in the Registered Nurse program. She said Owens was the smartest decision because she got a great education at an affordable price. Once on campus, Fuller felt the support from other students and the faculty from study groups to the nursing skills lab. “Owens nursing lab staff emphasize skills you will need to know in the field. We practiced the skills so many times that by the time we did them in the hospital, it was just muscle memory.”
After graduation, Fuller will complete her RN residency program at ProMedica Toledo Hospital in the ICU. Following that, she plans to purse an online RN to BSN program.
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Published December 2022