{"id":135064,"date":"2023-05-04T15:11:11","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T19:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135064///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135064//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135064//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135064//?p=135064"},"modified":"2023-05-05T07:14:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T11:14:59","slug":"knowledge-is-power-for-disabled-veteran-and-ucf-nursing-graduate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135064///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135064//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135064//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135064//knowledge-is-power-for-disabled-veteran-and-ucf-nursing-graduate/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135064//","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge is Power for Disabled Veteran and UCF Nursing Graduate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like the other students who are receiving a master/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135064/u2019s degree in healthcare simulation this weekend at UCF, Nadine Jacobson is a licensed registered nurse. But unlike her peers, she isn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135064/u2019t actively practicing as a result of losing her eyesight years ago./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135064/n

For Jacobson, who has had the visual impairment for 25 years, the online program presented an opportunity for her to return to a profession she loves./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135064/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135064/u201cI was intrigued to be able to do something in nursing without patient contact,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135064/u201d she says./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135064/n

Her journey to this degree /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135064/u2014 her second master/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135064/u2019s in nursing and fifth overall /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135064/u2014 has been filled with challenges./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135064/n