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Getting Me Out in the Field Quicker

Toni Davis had reached a crossroads in her life. A stay-at-home mom with two teenage girls, she found herself ready to enter the workforce after a divorce. Interested in the medical field, Toni looked at National College’s surgical technology program. “It was either this or an R.N. program, and this was going to get me out in the field quicker,” she says. “This is the way I went, and I love it.”

As a working mom, Toni needed not only a solid education on which to build a promising career, but flexibility as well. National fit the bill perfectly. “In the very beginning I needed night classes [and] I could take night classes; now I’m back to where I can do day classes,” she says. “No other school could give me the kind of flexibility that I’ve been able to have here.”

“This is the way I went, and I love it.”

When we spoke to Toni, she was a few weeks into her externship at the Norton Healthcare Pavilion in Louisville. She found her classroom preparation more than adequate for the real world, and she’s inspired to continue her education in the healthcare field. Having particularly enjoyed her microbiology (SRG 105) course, she hopes to continue her studies in the field of cytotechnology (microscopic study of cells for evidence of disease).

Toni finds that her decision has changed not only her life as well. “This is something that I just really want to do for me, and I’ve maintained a 4.0 through the whole thing,” she says. “That sets a standard in our household that the girls…strive to reach the same thing.” Your family is justifiably proud of your accomplishments, Toni, and so is National College!