By Jonathan Morales

2021年2月3日

December Stroble’s parents met while working in the emergency room at David Grant Hospital on Travis Air Force Base. December’s mother went on to work as a nurse and paramedic, and her father later worked in a nursing home.

It was only natural for Stroble ’06 (Nursing) to follow in their footsteps, not just into health care, but to the front line. 如今，她是萨特医疗中心（Sutter Health）的一名注册护士，在急诊室外工作，专门从事儿科急诊和灾难管理。

She’s one of hundreds of graduates from 萨克拉门托 State’s acclaimed School of Nursing, most of whom work in the 萨克拉门托 community, and among the multitudes of health care workers worldwide responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

在博彩平台，斯特罗布学会了做好工作所必需的领导技能，即使是在全球健康危机中。

“Leadership was encouraged by the faculty – to be an advocate, to be educated, to provide the best, safest care for your patient,” she said. “At 囊状态 I was able to practice those values as a student, and now I’m able to practice them as a nurse.”

斯特罗布是萨克拉门托本地人，她说自己是一个好奇的孩子。 她的杰伊教会了她户外活动和生存技能，为她最终的职业生涯做好了准备。

她在美国河学院（American River College）注册成为医学预科生，打算像她的母亲凯西·伯恩斯（Kathy Burns）一样成为一名护理人员，她的母亲建议她转而从事护理工作。 Her mother died shortly after that conversation, but six months later, Stroble was accepted into nursing school at 囊状态, drawn by the ability to earn both a Nursing license and bachelor’s degree at the same time. 她不是家里第一个也不是最后一个“大黄蜂”：她的哥哥在20世纪90年代毕业，她的弟弟也在2007年毕业。

在萨克州立大学，斯特罗布被领导机会所吸引。 She served as president of the California Nursing Students Association, as an officer in 囊状态’s CNSA chapter, and as western director of the National Student Nurses’ Association.

“It was something I felt called to do, and I really am glad I took those opportunities,” she said. “I was able to get leadership experiences I would have never had elsewhere.” 她的课程还强调领导力，以及社区健康和参与。

“One of the things that 囊状态 really instilled into us is being a part of the community and giving back to it,” Stroble said. “That’s what I appreciate most about my time at 囊状态.”

这些机会为斯特罗布在急诊室的生活做了准备。 She has worked since 2004 at Sutter Health, most recently based in the adult ER but also as a member of the core pediatric group, a smaller team that helps kids in the children’s ER. 她教授急诊护士协会的儿科急诊护理课程（ENPC），这是一门国际课程。

除了多个执照和认证外，Stroble还于2016年获得乔治城大学应急与灾害管理专业研究执行硕士学位。

“What I enjoy most about nursing is the critical thinking aspect of it,” she said. “It’s not just, I go and I do my job, I put an IV in, I give a medicine. The emergency department is different from other areas of the hospital.”

她说，例如，急诊室护士会分析实验室和测试结果，并评估治疗中使用的药物的有效性。 如果需要改变，他们会和医生一起寻找另一种选择。

教学和培训对斯特罗布来说也很重要，她说终身教育是护理的一部分，因为医疗保健是不断变化的。 这一点在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间表现得最为明显。

她再次将她在博彩平台学到的领导力知识归功于帮助她度过了这场危机。 她的导师、护理学教授丹尼斯·沃尔·帕里洛（Denise Wall Parilo）说，从斯特罗布进入博彩平台开始，她的这些品质就很明显。

“Leadership and advocacy are definitely something we encourage in our students. December is one of those people who isn’t afraid to take on a leadership role, but also she uses those skills to get what is needed for her patients,” Wall Parilo said. “If she doesn’t know how to do something, she can figure it out. She knows the resources to go to.”

虽然护理学院很幸运，多年来有许多学生在州和国家组织中担任领导职务，但沃尔·帕里洛说，斯特罗布是第一批。

“She and the classes around her set the bar high and showed our students what could be done and how far they could go,” Wall Parilo said.

Stroble doesn’t slow down in her spare time. 她曾浮潜过冰岛的构造板块，还是一名狂热的登山者、冰川登山者和皮划艇爱好者。 她和她的家人在埃尔多拉多县经营着一个小农场，这是她从小的梦想。 她还在政治问题上直言不讳，曾在州议会就工作场所暴力问题作证。

但她说，她的病人是她每天回到医院的原因。 她喜欢了解他们和他们的家人，听他们的故事。

“Most of our patients are very appreciative of the care that they receive, and it’s nice to be able to give to someone,” Stroble said. “And they give back that caring to us by saying, ‘Hey, thanks for taking care of me today,’ ”