After completing a BA in Religious studies Rebecca Deal Poston made a career change, getting her second Baccalaureate degree in Nursing from the University of Virginia. She continues to pursue her interest in the field of Pediatric Nursing and feels her background in biomedical ethics as a religious studies student and her experience with families as a Pediatric Nurse, plus her Doctoral studies at the University of Virginia School of Nursing will allow her to better serve the nursing profession as a nurse educator and researcher.
(2015-2016 Winner)
Winner of the Margaret Gould Tyson Memorial Scholarship, completed her bachelor’s degree in linguistics before traveling throughout Latin America, witnessing the devastating effects of untreated illnesses and l... read more.
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