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Alfredo Buccat Personal Statement

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Hi, I'm Alfredo Buccat. After graduating high school, I joined the Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG) and was able to retire from service after nearly 21 years of service. As a member of the HIARNG, I was fortunate enough to take advantage of education benefits the military has given me. These education benefits helped become an Emergency Medical Technician with the military, which eventually led me to become a Registered Nurse (RN) in 2004. I currently work at The Queen's Medical Center - Punchbowl Campus, working the night shift as a Medical/Surgical/Telemetry RN with the Float Pool. After being out of school and currently practicing as a bedside RN for over 12 years (and as a retired Army Nurse), I've decided to go back to school to broaden my knowledge in nursing (theory and research). Upon completion of this program, I hope that it'll help open up other nursing career opportunities that were not available to me as an Associate Degree RN. While waiting for this program to start, I've also completed several courses in Healthcare Administration; hopefully, the combination of these two programs/degree may also open up other opportunities in the administrative portion of the healthcare industry. …show more content…

My wife, who is also a RN, along with my military colleagues, was instrumental in putting me to the path of becoming a RN. My wife and I have two wonderful kids, a boy, who is in high school and a girl, who is in the intermediate grade; both of which have vocalized their understanding and have already given me their advance forgiveness if I miss any of their activities during this Executive RN Program. I am also fortunate enough to have the support of my healthy parents who continue to assist my wife and I in nurturing our children and by providing paternal guidance (lets face it, having kids does not come with parental

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