{"id":42530,"date":"2022-05-04T08:14:14","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T12:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=42530"},"modified":"2022-05-09T20:13:35","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T00:13:35","slug":"from-doc-to-nurse-utc-student-headed-to-erlanger-after-graduation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/from-doc-to-nurse-utc-student-headed-to-erlanger-after-graduation\/","title":{"rendered":"From \u201cdoc\u201d to nurse, UTC student headed to Erlanger after graduation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_42534\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"654\" data-attachment-id=\"42534\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/from-doc-to-nurse-utc-student-headed-to-erlanger-after-graduation\/matthew-lewis-22-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Matthew-Lewis-22-6203.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,817\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster\/University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Matthew Lewis, Wednesday, April 27, 2022 in the nursing sim lab.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1651050204&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;34&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Matthew Lewis-22&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Nursing student Matthew Lewis will move into a full-time position in the intensive care unit at Erlanger Hospital after commencement. Photo by Angela Foster.\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Nursing student Matthew Lewis will move into a full-time position in the intensive care unit at Erlanger Hospital after commencement. Photo by Angela Foster.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Nursing student Matthew Lewis will move into a full-time position in the intensive care unit at Erlanger Hospital after commencement. Photo by Angela Foster.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Matthew-Lewis-22-6203-1024x654.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-42534 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Matthew-Lewis-22-6203-1024x654.jpg\" alt=\"Nursing student Matthew Lewis will move into a full-time position in the intensive care unit at Erlanger Hospital after commencement. Photo by Angela Foster.\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Matthew-Lewis-22-6203-1024x654.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Matthew-Lewis-22-6203-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Matthew-Lewis-22-6203-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Matthew-Lewis-22-6203-1536x980.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Matthew-Lewis-22-6203-2048x1307.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Matthew-Lewis-22-6203-580x370.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Matthew-Lewis-22-6203-610x389.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Matthew-Lewis-22-6203-250x160.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Matthew-Lewis-22-6203-600x383.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Matthew-Lewis-22-6203.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nursing student Matthew Lewis will move into a full-time position in the intensive care unit at Erlanger Hospital after commencement. Photo by Angela Foster.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Matthew Lewis cared for his fellow troops worldwide\u2014from Jacksonville, Florida to Okinawa, Japan\u2014as a U.S. Navy corpsman, the name for an enlisted sailor with formal medical training.<\/p>\n<p>Corpsmen are also often called \u201cdoc\u201d in military parlance, and so was Lewis, who served for five years on ships around the world before using his GI Bill to come to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga to study nursing.<\/p>\n<p>He graduates this Saturday, May 7, and is moving straight into a full-time position in the intensive care unit at nearby Erlanger Hospital, where he\u2019s been doing hands-on clinical work as a nursing technician for his bachelor\u2019s degree since March.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not just a job. Nursing is something that you can do to make a difference in peoples\u2019 lives and help them,\u201d said the 26-year-old Indiana native. \u201cGetting to do that is fulfilling on another level than just making money.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"well span3 pull-right\">\n<h4><strong>Matthew&#8217;s journey<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><iframe title=\"Matthew Lewis\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\"src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KUVj8LcaTA8?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;autohide=1&#038;showinfo=0&#038;controls=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Matthew Lewis was a featured student speaker at the 2022 Scholarship Luncheon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lewis said nursing is a natural fit but that he never considered the field until he joined the Navy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s kind of a stigma that only women do nursing. But in the military, there are more male nurses than in the civilian population. And to get to see men take on that role and do a really good job and to be able to care for people and take of them in a significant way, it was something I could see myself doing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Compassion is key to nursing, not gender, which is why Lewis gravitated toward the increasingly high-demand field.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always been an empathetic person. When I see someone who\u2019s hurting, I try to put myself in their shoes,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen I can help stop them from suffering and help them get better\u2014because I\u2019m empathetic\u2014I think it\u2019s more rewarding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lewis has worked in various parts of the hospital for his clinical experience and said the ICU was his first choice when it came to possible post-graduation assignments.<\/p>\n<p>The unit\u2019s cohesion and collegiality mean \u201cfor them, there\u2019s no such thing as \u2018That\u2019s not my job,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cThe other nurses and doctors I get to work with are very welcoming and want to help you learn. Everyone is helping everyone else. Patients are getting great care and it\u2019s less stressful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, he\u2019s most drawn to the ICU because of the acute cases. Patients are sick and injured. Many are near death, which can be a particularly vulnerable and scary time for patients and their family members.<\/p>\n<p>But Lewis, like many who work in palliative care, has wrapped his brain and heart around death to provide the best care possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s sad when a person is passing, but it\u2019s a beautiful moment because a lot of time that means their suffering is ending. Their pain is ending,\u201d said Lewis.<\/p>\n<p>His perspective shifted after witnessing a particularly caring and effective hospice nurse in action and reading the 2014 book \u201cBeing Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt changed my view of what the end of life can look like,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_42532\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"42532\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/from-doc-to-nurse-utc-student-headed-to-erlanger-after-graduation\/matthew_lewis\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Matthew_Lewis.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"721,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Matthew Lewis was a U.S. Navy corpsman\u2014an enlisted sailor with formal medical training\u2014before coming to UTC.\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Matthew Lewis was a U.S. Navy corpsman\u2014an enlisted sailor with formal medical training\u2014before coming to UTC.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Matthew Lewis was a U.S. Navy corpsman\u2014an enlisted sailor with formal medical training\u2014before coming to UTC.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Matthew_Lewis-576x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-42532\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Matthew_Lewis-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Matthew Lewis was a U.S. Navy corpsman\u2014an enlisted sailor with formal medical training\u2014before coming to UTC.\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Matthew_Lewis-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Matthew_Lewis-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Matthew_Lewis-768x1364.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Matthew_Lewis-865x1536.jpg 865w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Matthew_Lewis-1153x2048.jpg 1153w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Matthew_Lewis-580x1030.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Matthew_Lewis-610x1084.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Matthew_Lewis-113x200.jpg 113w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Matthew_Lewis-225x400.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/Matthew_Lewis.jpg 721w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matthew Lewis was a U.S. Navy corpsman\u2014an enlisted sailor with formal medical training\u2014before coming to UTC.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Lewis didn\u2019t serve on the battlefield while in the Navy. But he was a first-line healthcare provider for troops at sea and in the field and helped treat survivors on a ship off the coast of Australia after a 2017 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2017\/08\/08\/corps-identifies-3-marines-killed-osprey-crash-australia.html\">MV-22 Osprey helicopter crash<\/a> that killed three Marines and injured 23.<\/p>\n<p>He also developed a keen sense of the importance of mental health to overall health as a corpsman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve lost more friends in the military to suicide than from combat and training accidents,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarines are in stressful environments, often separated from their families, so I\u2019d get knocks on my door when someone wasn\u2019t feeling good\u2014but also when they just needed somebody to listen and to feel heard,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis said he\u2019s interested in pursuing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/health-education-and-professional-studies\/school-of-nursing\/dnp\">doctoral degree in nursing<\/a> at UTC but wants to get more hands-on experience first. After graduation, he also plans to indulge in more rock climbing, his favorite pastime; it\u2019s one reason he chose UTC and Chattanooga.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis earned his associate\u2019s degree in the military and was ready for nursing school when he got here in the spring of 2020 despite the onset of the pandemic and adapting to life outside the Navy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat military-to-civilian transition was made a lot easier because of the support system at UTC,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>And COVID-19 brought him and his fellow nursing students together in unexpected ways.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat experience made us more flexible and our class bonded together,\u201d he said, \u201cso it stopped being competing for the best grades. Instead, we all help each other out and learn more,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lewis said he had learned the most from Erlanger nurse and UTC nursing instructor <a href=\"https:\/\/erlangerhealth.wordpress.com\/2021\/06\/10\/two-extraordinary-erlanger-nurses-recognized-with-daisy-foundation-award\/\">Justin Reason<\/a>, a fellow veteran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeeing him as a nurse and seeing how good he was at being a nurse gave me another positive encouragement that I could do this, too. He\u2019s a good nurse and he\u2019s also a vet, so getting to have that direct influence and role model was really awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for how to destigmatize \u201cthe male nurse,\u201d Lewis said: \u201cWhen I was in the schools for my clinicals and working in the nurse\u2019s office, it\u2019s about getting to the know the kids and outreach, modeling that I\u2019m a nurse. I\u2019m a guy; you can do it, too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a really rewarding profession and you don\u2019t have to be woman or a girl to be a nurse.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UTC nursing student Matthew Lewis, who will be receiving a bachelor&#8217;s degree this week, built on his experience as a U.S. Navy corpsman in gravitating toward the high-demand field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/from-doc-to-nurse-utc-student-headed-to-erlanger-after-graduation\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1822,"featured_media":42535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,56,122313,83654,4936,661],"tags":[119384,7296,119401,119400],"class_list":{"0":"post-42530","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-college-of-health-education-and-professional-studies","8":"category-experiential-learning","9":"category-health-and-wellness","10":"category-news","11":"category-school-of-nursing","12":"category-students","13":"tag-2022-commencement","14":"tag-erlanger-hospital","15":"tag-justin-reason","16":"tag-matthew-lewis","17":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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