A Nurse Practitioner's View

Any “older” PhD students out there? This is my latest update in my quest for funding. Enjoy the humor of it all. As SNL host at the age of 88, Betty White proved she still has it; UConn Coach Calhoun, age 68, is going to get it (5 years and 13 million). So, it is with some cheek that I submit this treatise on aging in the world of academia. I mean, after all it is 2010; but a funny thing happened to me on the way to a fellowship. I am not a victim; I am an unabashed overachiever. I have no apologies for striving for more: more life, more liberty, and more happiness. The happiness for me comes in part from my family, a new “grand” coming in August, my work, my scholarship and my research. My work as a Nurse Practitioner is caring for the vulnerable aging, and the patients, families and communities suffering with dementia. My scholarship and research is from my new road to academia, specifically a Doctorate in Philosophy. My community knows I am striving to be a Doctor-Nurse...