{"id":47075,"date":"2022-12-12T07:37:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T12:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=47075"},"modified":"2022-12-19T15:35:54","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T20:35:54","slug":"kids-work-school-jam-packed-life-wont-block-isaacson-from-degree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/kids-work-school-jam-packed-life-wont-block-isaacson-from-degree\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids, work, school: Jam packed life won\u2019t block Isaacson from degree"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_47076\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"47076\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/kids-work-school-jam-packed-life-wont-block-isaacson-from-degree\/jen-isaacson\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/Jen-Isaacson.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,853\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Jen Isaacson\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/Jen-Isaacson-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-47076 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/Jen-Isaacson-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"The Isaacson family, from left: Jake, Josh, Jennifer, Emma, Jason and Lincoln. Photo provided by Jennifer Isaacson.\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"height=\"587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/Jen-Isaacson-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/Jen-Isaacson-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/Jen-Isaacson-580x387.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/Jen-Isaacson-610x407.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/Jen-Isaacson-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/Jen-Isaacson.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Isaacson family, from left: Jake, Josh, Jennifer, Emma, Jason and Lincoln. Photo provided by Jennifer Isaacson.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Jennifer Isaacson\u2019s 13-year-old daughter Emma has Down syndrome, loves acting and \u201cHigh School Musical.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Isaacson\u2019s 12-year-old son Josh is into robotics and plays trombone in the Signal Mountain Middle School band.<\/p>\n<p>Her 8-year-old son Jake loves soccer and Pokemon. Five-year-old Lincoln just started kindergarten.<\/p>\n<p>Oh yeah, Isaacson also has been enrolled in the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga School of Nursing for the last four years and will earn a bachelor\u2019s degree in nursing during December commencement ceremonies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere&#8217;s no normal day,\u201d she said with a laugh.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019ll stay busy after graduation. She has a full-time job as a nurse in the cardiac intensive care unit lined up at Erlanger Hospital. The job relates back to her family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmma required open-heart surgery when she was 1, and cardiac ICU nurses saved our lives and saved Emma\u2019s. That&#8217;s where I was introduced to cardiac and have loved it ever since,\u201d said Isaacson, who graduated from Soddy Daisy High School in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Rachel Nall, clinical assistant professor in the UTC School of Nursing, described Isaacson as \u201can example of motivation and perseverance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout her time in her nursing program, she has been focused on learning all that she can about the nursing profession and the opportunities nursing offers to people of all ages,\u201d Nall said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe truly wants to be the best nurse she can be and care for patients.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jason Peter, Mary B. Jackson assistant professor in the School of Nursing, said Isaacson is \u201cone of the most determined and motivated individuals I have come across in my nursing education career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPatients and peers alike are overwhelmed by her fantastic capabilities and personality,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_47079\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"704\" data-attachment-id=\"47079\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/kids-work-school-jam-packed-life-wont-block-isaacson-from-degree\/jennifer-isaacson-22\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/Jennifer-Isaacson-05.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,879\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster\/University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6_2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Nursing student Jennifer Isaacson sits in the nursing lab Tuesday, Nov. 221, 2022 in the Metro.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1669135336&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;36&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Jennifer Isaacson-22&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Jennifer Isaacson-22\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Nursing student Jennifer Isaacson sits in the nursing lab Tuesday, Nov. 221, 2022 in the Metro.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/Jennifer-Isaacson-05-1024x704.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-47079 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/Jennifer-Isaacson-05-1024x704.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Isaacson in the nursing lab in the Metro Building. Photo by Angela Foster.\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/Jennifer-Isaacson-05-1024x704.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/Jennifer-Isaacson-05-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/Jennifer-Isaacson-05-580x399.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/Jennifer-Isaacson-05-610x419.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/Jennifer-Isaacson-05-1536x1055.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/Jennifer-Isaacson-05-2048x1407.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/12\/Jennifer-Isaacson-05.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Isaacson in the nursing lab in the Metro Building. Photo by Angela Foster.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Isaacson attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, graduating with a bachelor&#8217;s degree in audiology and speech pathology in 2005. At BYU, she met her Seattle-native husband, Jason.<\/p>\n<p>In 2005, the couple moved to Knoxville for graduate work at the University of Tennessee. She earned a master\u2019s degree in speech-language pathology, while Jason earned a law degree in 2007. He is now an attorney with Chattanooga law firm Spears, Moore, Rebman &amp; Williams.<\/p>\n<p>Getting the family up and out the door each weekday morning is a team effort, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a good system where I do food and backpacks, and he does clothes and shoes and hair,\u201d she said. \u201cThen we get them out and, yeah, it&#8217;s just different depending on the day. We work together for medical appointments, for robotics club, for soccer clubs. We just go back and forth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the last 10-plus years, she has worked full-time as a licensed speech therapist, but her tightly packed schedule has forced her to cut back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really loved it, and there&#8217;s such a great need for the area, but now I&#8217;m more consulting and helping parents move in the right direction because, obviously, I have a big heart for families with special needs,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Isaacson hopes to return to UTC\u2019s School of Nursing once she\u2019s settled into her work in the Erlanger cardiac ICU. Her ultimate goal, she said, is to be a <em>certified registered nurse anesthetist<\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em>(<em>CRNA) in general surgery operating rooms.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love the complex thinking that comes along with CRNA. It&#8217;s a lot of calculations and problem-solving and deep cognitive thinking,\u201d Isaacson said.<\/p>\n<p>Nall, director of the Nurse Anesthesia Program at UTC, has no doubt Isaacson will succeed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m proud of her for wanting to continue furthering her nursing education after she earns her BSN,\u201d she said, \u201cand I have no doubt whatever she dedicates herself to, she will accomplish.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jennifer Isaacson has been going non-stop with four children, education and work\u2014and soon will possess a nursing degree.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/kids-work-school-jam-packed-life-wont-block-isaacson-from-degree\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1105,"featured_media":47080,"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":[4936,56,8244,64,661],"tags":[122272,7296,122279,122277,122278],"class_list":{"0":"post-47075","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-honors-and-awards","9":"category-news","10":"category-school-of-nursing","11":"category-students","12":"tag-commencement-2022","13":"tag-erlanger-hospital","14":"tag-jason-peter","15":"tag-jennifer-isaacson","16":"tag-rachel-nall","17":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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