Walking through the nursery where newborns are sleeping, she wishes for each of them to have a splendid lifetime, and to stay young while it lasts. Maybe it was their soon to be hopes and dreams or the cries of innocence she tends to all night that made her want to stay. From a dreamscape to reality, this fall, senior Jordynn Bloss is set to earn a nursing degree after being accepted into University of Michigan-Flint’s Nursing Direct Admit program. This program allows high school graduates to gain nursing education and experience, preparing them to join the workforce. Bloss is the first student from Fenton High to be accepted to join this nursing program as of this year.

“A few months ago I was looking into what [career] I could do with kids,” Bloss said. “At first I was thinking an elementary teacher. Then I looked into it more and nursing came up. I did some research, and decided to look into some nursing programs, so I looked at U of M Flint’s nursing program. Then, I got in touch with the nursing program and the nursing adviser and decided to apply to their Direct Admit program and was accepted.”

Although U of M offers many nursing outlets, she found herself most interested in three specific types of studies. Each branch she has looked at fulfills her wish to work with children.

“U of M-Flint introduces you all the different avenues of nursing,” Bloss said. “Right now, I am more interested in the pediatric, neonatal or delivery nursing, so that will probably be my favorite clinical, but you get the whole spectrum at U of M.”

Shadowing a professional at a hospital will prepare Bloss for situations in her future career. She also knows family friends in the business who have given her encouragement to go forth with her choices.

“I know quite a few nurses who have graduated from U of M-Flint,” Bloss said. “They are some of the best nurses in their hospitals. I think that U of M is small enough in the area that they can focus and care about all of their students, and by doing so you get more of a one-on-one interaction between everybody. Because the cohorts are so small, 40 people, you actually become a family with them, you get the close family relations to where you can rely on each other throughout the whole thing.”

Connecting with others will help for future reference while performing a job, taking their insight with her and only being a phone call away. Bloss only receives four to five years of tips and tricks before she is put to the test with her accumulated knowledge.

“The nursing program normally takes four to five years to complete,” Bloss said. “You take your pre requisites for a year to a year and a half and then after that you would apply to the nursing program. That’s when you go into clinicals, where you do some classwork, but a majority is outside experience in hospitals and doing things with teaching nurses in the hospitals. It all depends on your pace and how fast you want to get done with nursing. I am planning to be done in four years where I will stay at U of M-Flint. The opportunities, lessons, care and atmosphere they provide are amazing and nothing compares. If nursing is what you want, go for it.”

By completing nursing pre requisite studies, Bloss has claimed a place in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program, allowing her directly into the career. She is four school years away from graduating U of M in 2021 with a degree and a new set of scrubs.