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\"Bradley
Bradley Budrow in the Dominican Republic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

By Douglas Esser
On a University of Washington Bothell study abroad trip to Togo, nursing students were surprised at what they saw outside a hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c足彩app哪个是正规的re were all kinds of medical equipment that didn\u2019t work \u2014 that was donated by organizations \u2014 that was either broken or didn\u2019t have everything needed to use it,\u201d said one of the students, Bradley Budrow. \u201cEven though people were well-intentioned, it was useless.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That image of impractical aid was one of the lasting lessons Budrow took from the 2014 trip led by Associate Professor Mabel Ezeonwu. She discussed sustainability as part of the School of Nursing & Health Studies<\/a> course on services in resource-poor settings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Global medical <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Budrow had traveled internationally for business and tourism, but Togo was a revelation. 足彩app哪个是正规的 UW Bothell students provided health screenings for about 800 patients, checked blood pressure and blood sugar levels, and offered malaria education. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was really inspired by the closeness and the intimacy that we have as medical professionals with our patients,\u201d Budrow said. \u201cI really got to see a lot closer what it was like to live in a low-income part of West Africa. I realized how many people suffer from things that are so easily preventable, like all the diseases that come with not having clean water or what malnourishment does to children.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

足彩app哪个是正规的 experience inspired Budrow to continue to volunteer for medical service trips oversees after receiving a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2014. Since then, Budrow has participated in four more trips, traveling to Ecuador and, just last summer, the Dominican Republic. He volunteers through Timmy Global Health<\/a>, an Indianapolis-based nonprofit that also supports community projects in Guatemala and Nigeria. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mid-career change <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Budrow didn\u2019t start out as a nurse. He spent 13 years in corporate information technology. Unhappy \u201cgoing to meetings, sitting in a cubicle,\u201d he quit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budrow was browsing a Seattle bookstore when he found a book on nursing careers. Having volunteered in the past with abused and neglected children, he felt nursing aligned with what he really wanted to do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budrow received an RN at North Seattle College and began a second career as a nurse at the age of 40. He worked as a school nurse on Mercer Island while enrolled in the RN-to-BSN program at UW Bothell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budrow had received a bachelor\u2019s and a master\u2019s degree as a younger college student, so UW Bothell didn\u2019t feel entirely new, but it was different. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI loved it more than any of my other college experiences. It was really nice because of the diversity of ages and experiences of my classmates,\u201d Budrow said. \u201cI found Bothell to be very welcoming, very supportive of people like us going back to school. I also found the nursing faculty to be exceptional.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

New directions <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Mabel
Mabel Ezonwu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Budrow hadn\u2019t planned to study abroad, but he\u2019s glad he took the Togo trip. \u201cI really appreciate that opportunity because it\u2019s been very inspirational to me in multiple ways.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ezeonwu, a native of Nigeria, gave students a perspective on Africa they wouldn\u2019t have had otherwise, he said. \u201cI couldn\u2019t have done that on my own.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An adjunct associate professor in the Department of Global Health at the UW in Seattle, Ezeonwu has since led nursing students on two study abroad trips to Guatemala. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEngaging students in community-based health education in global environments is imperative in developing skills and competencies of a future global health care workforce,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

足彩app哪个是正规的 memories of the Togo trip remain fresh for Ezeonwu. \u201cFor many of the Togo program alumni like Bradley,\u201d she said, \u201cthe experience laid a solid foundation for future and ongoing global engagements.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Bothell to the world <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Budrow said UW Bothell expanded his outlook, not only with the Togo trip but also with projects such as evaluating what might happen to the city of Tacoma if Mount Rainier were to erupt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen I got my associate degree, it was bedside nursing, how to give medications \u2014 the nuts and bolts of nursing,\u201d Budrow said. \u201cOnce I got my license and went to Bothell, it broadened my education. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was the focus on leadership. It was the focus on teamwork. It was the focus on solving real-world problems, looking at how to serve people who didn\u2019t have clean water in West Africa, helping people in Washington where a disaster might strike,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his \u201cday job\u201d Budrow is a pediatric nurse at Children\u2019s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit where he specializes in caring for patients coming out of anesthesia after operations. He uses vacation time for medical trips, which typically run 9 to 12 days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waves of change <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ezeonwu believes Budrow embodies the best of global citizenship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe is very humble, culturally sensitive, compassionate, independent-minded and never afraid of getting to remote parts of the world to clean villagers\u2019 wounds,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On last summer\u2019s Dominican Republic trip, which included 18 college students, the group saw more than 500 workers and their families from a fair-trade banana-growing operation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne of the great things about going on these trips,\u201d said Budrow, \u201cis seeing young people, inspired themselves, and the ripple I believe that creates through the world \u2014 the ripple that can fend of xenophobia and fend off nationalism.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Budrow, that started in Ezeonwu\u2019s course at UW Bothell. She became a mentor and friend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m one of Mabel\u2019s ripples,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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