Kim's Graduation

Jaime and I traveled down to North Carolina this weekend for Kim's graduation from East Carolina University. Kim is now a CRNA. For those of you who don't know what this means, I have provided Wikipedia's definition for you.

Definition:

A nurse anesthetist is a nurse who specializes in the administration of anesthesia.

In the United States, a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) is an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN), a registered nurse (RN) who has acquired graduate-level education in anesthesia overseen by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists's (AANA), Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs.

For some of us, her title is impossible to pronounce, so this should indicate how tough of a program this is. :-)

It is crazy to think Kim and I have been friends since 7th grade and met in math class. Both of us had on floral Limited Too tee shirts. Oh, how time flies.

We are all very proud of Kim and her accomplishments and missed her in DC while she was gone for 28 months. She is moving back now and already has a job! Congrats Kim! Love you!

Kim operating on the a very cool dummy who can talk, breath, throw up, bleed, etc...

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Operating room tools:

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Kim with her Certificate:

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CRNA Reception @ The Hilton:

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Kim's Graduating Class:

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