I am a second career nurse who initially went to college, out of high school, to study livestock. Yes, there are lots of similarities between people and animals. Those similarities allowed for an easy transition into a new field.
Starting out as a hospital nurse, allowed for time to explore all that nursing had to offer and to identify opportunities available to care for a population that had always been special to me.
My philosophy of care would be that everyone deserves to be heard and cared for with respect and dignity. We don’t know the path each of us has been on to get to where we are today. We do have the ability to let patients be heard and help guide their choices down the next road.