2007: Career change comes full circle

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Samantha Zurvas, Bachelor of Social Science, Master of Nursing Studies

Samantha Zurvas

As the first-ever graduate of UQ’s new Master of Nursing Studies program, Samantha Zurvas is fast on her way to a rewarding career.

Ms Zurvas fulfilled a lifelong ambition of becoming a nurse when she graduated in July this year.

“I’ve always been interested in the healthcare field,” she said.

“I even started a nursing degree in 2004, but decided to take a year off.

“When I returned to university in 2005, I didn’t choose nursing and I still wonder why I didn’t, but I certainly never got over the interest in this career.”

After graduating with a Bachelor of Social Science in 2007, Ms Zurvas went to work for a newspaper on the Gold Coast for two years.

“Although I enjoyed working as a marketing analyst, I had never been able to get nursing out of my head,” she said.

“For two years I searched for the courage to start again and decided to enrol in a UQ Master of Nursing Studies (Graduate Entry) program.

“I had been looking for a long time for a program that could give me the amount of clinical learning I felt I needed to work confidently as a nurse.

“I chose UQ because it looked like a fantastic opportunity to combine my previous qualifications and get a Masters in Nursing in as little at 18 months.”

Since graduating from UQ a second time around, Ms Zurvas has started a specialty paediatric graduate program at the Mater Children’s Hospital.

“I am very interested in working in paediatric intensive care and gaining further education in this area,” Ms Zurvas said.

“Nursing offers many career options – I’m interested in education and leadership roles, or perhaps even becoming a nurse practitioner in the future.

“I finally feel like I am where I am meant to be and this is thanks to the opportunities made available through the new Masters of Nursing Studies program.”

By Lya McTaggart

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