~ Able to interview with confidence, knowing I had been well educated at MC

~ Ability to teach

~ Advocate for people with health problems, encouraging them in their interactions w/health care professionals in pursuing treatment options and getting good medical advice

~ Given me strong leadership ability, sensitivity to the needs of a culturally diverse community, collaborative and consensus building skills, but above all the foundation to do anything I choose.

~ Be a very marketable RN / Travel anywhere and be able to get a job

~ Be identified as a registered nurse from Los Angelos each appearance as I became a champion on Jeopardy

~ Begin a new career as an adult in a short time

~ Go on to work in a wide variety of fields from teaching nursing to working in the early clinical trials for AIDS drug research through NIH

~ Even though the two years were very hard and a lot of hard work, I aced my Boards and was better prepared than my colleagues from other schools

~ MC gave me the confidence to trust my judgement and the courage to explore new areas in health care

~ I now enjoy being able to give back some of the special things my instructors taught me, to the nursing students who rotate through the hospital

~ A satisfying and productive career as a nurse, and then built upon that in my next career as a reasearch epidemiologist and health planner

~ Believe that I made a difference in my patient's lives

~ Taught me to think!

~ The knowledge and courage to approach new and challenging situations - as each clinical & class brought a variety of new challenging experiences

~ Best of both worlds - able to stay home with kids or work (to keep from going brain dead) and make money

~ Gained a passion for learning

~ Gainful employment as a nurse

~ Gave me poise and self-esteem/organization/goal orientation

~ Gave children a positive role model

~ Have demographic mobility/flexibility

~ Help put 2 children through full 4 year Bachelors degrees

~ Knowledge/Courage/Confidence to approach new, challenging situations

~ If I could learn as much as I did in a short time of 2 years, then I would be able to conquer other battles in my life.

~ Turn a $1500 investment in MC Nursing into over ½ million in income

~ MC students get the job!!

~ Meaningful work that brings me much joy/allows me to touch many individuals' lives

~ Nurse Management

~ Obtain nursing position in desired field/fulfill a dream!

~ Opportunity to further my degree if I chose / and work at same time

~ Pass the Boards the first time around

~ Practice safely / efficiently as an RN

~ Recruiters/interviewers/community impressed by the fact that I attended Montgomery College's Nursing Program

~ RN after my name

~ I was a nurse in Britain & I was married with 5 children, I was able to go to school part time, then full time and complete my studies and still take care of my family

~ It gave me poise and self esteem as well as teaching me to be organized and goal oriented. I have applied these attributes in all my endeavors and have been successful, thank you!

~ Security / always have options

~ Speak at MC Nursing Commencement

~ Specialize / CEN

~ Start on the road to a good career

~ Stay employed/help my family and friends

~ Stepping stone for obtaining Juris Doctor.

~ Support and comfort people going through difficult times in their lives, esp. those dying from cancer

~ Turn an inexpensive education into a profitable profession

~ Volunteer work in a shelter for homeless women with medical problems

~ Obtain a nursing degree in an area I've wanted to be in over ten years - to fulfill a dream!

~ More than any additional degrees did, MC taught me what nursing is and how to be an excellent one.