Student Testimonials

Student: Johnny Glogowski

Department of Nursing

5th Semester

My name is Johnny Glogowski and I'm in my 5th semester of the Boise State Nursing program. I'm 31 years old, married, and originally from Tampa, Florida. I served for 10 years in the Air Force and my final duty station was in Mountain Home, which is how I ended up here in Idaho. As the date quickly approached for me to finish my time in the military, I got a little nervous because I still had no idea what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. The only thing I knew was I didn't want to stay in the computer networking field. Luckily, a few months before I separated from the Air Force, I broke my back. I say luckily, because that injury landed me in the hospital for surgery at a time when my future wife and all my friends were deployed out of the country. With everyone gone, the only friends or family I had here were my nurses. Not surprisingly, they did what nurses do best, they not only took care of me, they cared for me. The emotional support they provided meant more to my recovery than anything else, including the surgery. It was that experience that led me to nursing, because I want to be able to do what my nurses did for me, I want to be there when someone needs me most. Not only does this help your patients, it helps you, because there is no better feeling than to go home at night knowing that today, you made a difference in someone's life, you made them feel better, even if only for a moment.