Your World


with Kundai Marimira


About me Hometown:


Current


residence: Family:


Harare, Zimbabwe Brownsburg


Julie Marimira, mother; Simbai Marimira, brother


Undergraduate Bachelor of Science degree:


Current program: Marian University’s accelerated


baccalaureate in nursing


Anticipated graduation date: May 2011


FRANK ESPICH / The Star


Why did you decide to pursue nursing as a career? “My mom has been an LPN for a while, and that influenced me as far as really wanting to get into health care and be a nurse. I was hoping to go in the direction she did. She enjoys what she does.”


When you graduate in August, what specialty will you practice? “I have three areas I absolutely just


loved during clinicals, and that’s surgery and ICU or the ER. Labor and delivery would be fourth.”


Why do you prefer those areas? “My favorite class was critical care. We just did that this January. We did some different rotations through the cardio ICU and regular ICU, and I got to go to the ER. Those are some of my top choices because I learned so much during that rotation. “In the ICU I think what really


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interested me is it’s so busy. Same with the ER. You keep going, and there are constantly things to do. I’m not knocking any of the other specialties, but it’s really a thrill to be there, especially in the ER.”


What did you enjoy most about clinical rotations? “In the ER rotation, I really had a


chance to use some of the clinical skills I haven’t had a chance to use in other settings — like starting IVs — more than I had in any other clinical class. As far as the ICU, I got to see quite a few things that I really had only read about in books. “I’ve been very fortunate that all of the


nurses I’ve shadowed or worked under have been really informative, and I’ve gotten a lot of great experience.”


What has been most challenging about the nursing program? “It’s funny now that I really love to start IVs, but initially I was terrified. It takes


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22 Indiana Nursing Quarterly • indystar.com/nursing • Spring 2011


time. Even now I can’t say I’m good at it because every person’s veins are different. But with that, getting over my nerves was pretty tough.”


Your mother and brother are both in nursing school. What is it like having your family members studying the same discipline? “I have drug cards, and my brother (a junior at IUPUI) borrows those. My mom (who graduates from Ivy Tech this month) will use my diagnosis book. It’s been really helpful having everyone doing the same thing. “We make it a point before tests to send texts — like I’ll send my mom a text and say, ‘Pray for me; I have a test tomorrow,’ and I’ll send it to my brother, too. We all do the same thing. If we have a good experience, we text about that as well. If I have a great clinical day, like when I honestly realized that clinical care is what I wanted to do, I got out and immediately texted my mom.” ●


in biology with a minor in chemistry from Marian University


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