
Joycelynne Antonio
Nurse
Nurse-Family Partnership
Las Vegas, NV USA
“Speak positively to yourself and be proud of yourself.”
Nurse-Family Partnership
Las Vegas, NV USA
“Speak positively to yourself and be proud of yourself.”
Nurse
I am a community health nurse supporting first-time moms in becoming successful.
I may begin at the office or field. If I start at the office, I check my email, update my calendar, prep my patient charts, and call patients. Then I head to home visits. I drive throughout the city doing home visits for 3-4 patients. Every home visit is completely different due to the varying lives my patients live. Every patient is unique but they all have one thing in common: they are first-time moms. My job is to guide them in achieving goals and becoming healthy for the baby and themselves.
Here's the first step for high school students
Nurse-Family Partnership has over 270 local programs in 40 states across the country. If you want to work as a nurse for the national Nurse-Family Partnership, you'll need to start by going to school to complete your prerequisite science and biology courses. Once you've done those, you can apply to a nursing program. I did a two-year associate degree program—which was more affordable than a 4-year program—and then got my BSN online in one year.
"It's going to take so long to achieve this goal. I'm not smart enough."
Single moms pursuing higher education