沃尔特·"沃利"·卡利诺夫斯基, 温彻斯特运河大学护理专业的大四学生, 俄亥俄州, 在大学里走钢丝吗. With a career goal to become a pediatric nurse practitioner or a pediatric physician, he currently plays offensive lineman with Heidelberg’s football team and works the night shift as a registered nurse at Mercy 健康 -- Willard Hospital.
他不上夜班的时候, 练习橄榄球还是终于可以好好休息了, Wally is doing his homework and working toward his bachelor of science in nursing degree at Heidelberg.
How do you spend your time -- what does your average week look like?
我的平均一周包括很多.
星期一，我白天睡觉，因为我星期天晚上要工作. 然后我要拍电影，和团队一起跑步. 在那之后，我花时间和我的朋友和做作业.
Tuesday and Wednesday include working out, doing homework and going to practice.
Thursday is the same – except, after practice, I get ready to go to work.
周五是恢复和准备比赛的日子. 我和我的朋友们喜欢在比赛前吃晚餐.
星期六是比赛日! After our games, I like to go out with my friends and have a good time.
星期天，我休息，做作业，然后去上班. 重复!
你如何平衡你所做的每件事?
我在生活中的小事中找到平静. I find a break in life while working out, just messing around with my boys, and playing football. Football is my escape from reality and I can just be myself and not worry about anything.
我热爱我的工作，喜欢帮助那些需要帮助的人. When you love what you do, you enjoy going to work and it does not feel like work.
我也喜欢保持忙碌. 最重要的是时间管理. I know how to create time for myself as long as I do what I have to do on a daily basis. You have to have free time for yourself or you will find yourself burning out.
好周和坏周的区别是什么?
过得好、过得坏或过得好，都取决于你自己. Life is about perspective and when you keep a positive attitude every week can be a good week.
当然，和大家一样，我也有不开心的时候. 我只是尽我所能继续下去，尽管那些糟糕的日子. 如果我一周中心情不好, I will take a step back and remind myself to be grateful for every day.
对我来说，美好的一周就是能够踢我喜欢的比赛, 花时间和朋友和家人在一起, 去工作去帮助那些需要帮助的人. I love my life and wouldn’t change the opportunities I have for anything.
你为什么决定学护理?
I have always been interested in the medical field and finally found that nursing was for me my freshman year of college. There is an endless amount of opportunity in the nursing field.
I chose nursing because of the constant interaction with patients. 必须要有情感, trusting relationship between the patient and the nurse and that was a huge deciding factor for me when I decided to pursue nursing specifically within the medical field. I have to be able to connect with them and give the best care I can. I want to help people in my life and I felt nursing was a great way to do so.
你踢足球多久了? 足球对你来说意味着什么?
I have played football since the 4th grade – which would add up to about 13 years. 足球对我来说意味着整个世界.
它真的让我的生活变得更好了. It has created countless relationships that will last me a lifetime. It has taught me how to face adversity head on and push through when tough times occur. It has taught me how to be a great leader and help those around me to be the best version of themselves. Being a captain of the football team has shown me that there are young guys who look up to me: I have to set a great example for them and be the best version of myself at all times.
足球永远是我的最爱.
你会给大一的自己什么建议? 你会告诉他哪些课要格外注意?
I would tell him to remember to be grateful for everything you have in life and don’t rush the process. 时光飞逝，我希望这些日子能永远持续下去.
I would tell him to focus on his science classes as I use the knowledge from them in my career today, 特别是解剖学 & 生理化学.
I’d also encourage him to pay attention during public speaking and take that class more seriously – it is a skill that you will use forever.
澳门银河网站护理项目最好的部分是什么?
最好的部分是灵活性. The program has allowed me to do everything I want to along with staying on top of my studies. How many people can say they played college football while practicing as an RN?
澳门银河网站如何帮助你为今天做准备?
澳门银河网站在很多方面为我做了准备. 做一个小而成功的学校, Heidelberg has helped me develop an underdog mentality for myself: this idea that I can do anything I set my mind to, 尽管困难重重. The people here have helped me grow into the strong-minded person I am today.
A special thank you goes out to my offensive line Coach Jason Lewis, 是谁支持我度过了人生的起起落落. He has pushed me past my limits and for that, I am forever grateful. I will always be grateful for Heidelberg and the opportunities it has given me.
Can you talk more about the people in your life who impact and support you?
My family has always been supportive of all of my desires in life. My mother is the most loving person I know and would do anything for me and our family. She has supported me through hell and back: I will forever be grateful for her and our relationship.
我父亲一直是我生命中最大的榜样. He was a college football star at the Catholic University of America. He showed me the game of football and taught me how it should be played. 我的父亲意志坚强. 他教会我如何坚强，如何度过困难时期. 没有他和我妈妈，我不知道我会在哪里.
Finally, my cousin, Casey is a pediatric ICU nurse and he was a major influence in my nursing career. He always reminded me during nursing school that I could and would get through it. 他为我树立了一个很好的榜样. 他给我看了蓝图，我尽力照着做. 我感谢他和他的指导.