{"id":102673,"date":"2024-05-10T15:07:37","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T19:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=102673"},"modified":"2024-05-10T15:07:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T19:07:37","slug":"umw-swim-champ-dives-into-neonatal-nursing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2024\/05\/10\/umw-swim-champ-dives-into-neonatal-nursing\/","title":{"rendered":"UMW Swim Champ Dives Into Neonatal Nursing"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_102689\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102689\" style=\"width: 257px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"102689\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2024\/05\/10\/umw-swim-champ-dives-into-neonatal-nursing\/mckinsey-2023\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/IMG_2219-scaled.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1703,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;The Photography Smiths&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D780&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1684187523&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 2023 The Photography Smiths, all rights reserved.&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;58&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;McKinsey 2023&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"McKinsey 2023\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;hold&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/IMG_2219-200x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/IMG_2219-681x1024.jpeg\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt wp-image-102689\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/IMG_2219-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Senior and champion swimmer Kinsey Brooks, pictured with her pup Mozart, excelled at balancing her nursing program and swimming commitments, earning numerous accolades and securing a position in a top-ranked neonatal intensive care program.\" width=\"257\" height=\"386\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/IMG_2219-200x300.jpeg 200w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/IMG_2219-681x1024.jpeg 681w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/IMG_2219-768x1154.jpeg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/IMG_2219-1022x1536.jpeg 1022w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/IMG_2219-1363x2048.jpeg 1363w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/IMG_2219-scaled.jpeg 1703w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senior and champion swimmer Kinsey Brooks excelled at balancing her nursing program and swimming commitments, earning numerous accolades and securing a position in a top-ranked neonatal intensive care program. Photo taken by the Photography Smiths.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The secret to balancing a hectic college career? University of Mary Washington senior and champion swimmer Kinsey Brooks credits three things: stay organized, find a good podcast and sleep when you can.<\/p>\n<p>For Brooks \u2013 a member of UMW\u2019s nursing program who won a string of accolades on the women\u2019s swim team and landed a job in a top-ranked neonatal intensive care program \u2013 this was no small feat. Yet, the flexibility of online courses, specific to her nursing program, a supportive coach, and a few unforgettable moments were her anchors through the chaos.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Standing there on the podium and seeing my parents so proud made me so proud of myself,&#8221; Brooks said of her performance and UMW\u2019s win of the inaugural New Jersey Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championship in February. In Brook\u2019s three-year career, she has become a nine-time All-American, earned back-to-back UMW Female Athlete of the Year awards, and received three conference Swimmer of the Year honors.<\/p>\n<p>Hailing from a small town in Missouri, Brooks moved to Fredericksburg during middle school. Having started swimming at the age of 7, the sport became her initial social outlet, providing a bridge between her old life and the new community she was embracing. She envisioned herself attending a large university renowned for its veterinary program, but a stint in the CNA program the summer before her senior year of high school shifted her perspective to healthcare and put UMW back on the map in her college search.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:7,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/10\\\/umw-swim-champ-dives-into-neonatal-nursing\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:230672515}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 478px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"478\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 336px; height: 478px;\" data-original-width=\"336\" data-original-height=\"478\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2024\/05\/10\/umw-swim-champ-dives-into-neonatal-nursing\/img_6954\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"332\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"474\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"102686\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/IMG_6954-scaled.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1795,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 6D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1679080222&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;6400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_6954\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/IMG_6954-210x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/IMG_6954-718x1024.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/IMG_6954-scaled.jpeg?w=332&#038;h=474&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/IMG_6954-scaled.jpeg 1795w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/IMG_6954-210x300.jpeg 210w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/IMG_6954-718x1024.jpeg 718w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/IMG_6954-768x1095.jpeg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/IMG_6954-1077x1536.jpeg 1077w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/IMG_6954-1436x2048.jpeg 1436w\" width=\"332\" height=\"474\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"332\" data-original-height=\"474\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"IMG_6954\" alt=\"Brooks takes the podium at the NCAA event in Greensboro, a moment cherished as one of her highest placings and a deeply unexpected achievement last year.\" style=\"width: 332px; height: 474px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Brooks takes the podium at the NCAA event in Greensboro, a moment cherished as one of her highest placings and a deeply unexpected achievement last year. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 764px; height: 478px;\" data-original-width=\"764\" data-original-height=\"478\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2024\/05\/10\/umw-swim-champ-dives-into-neonatal-nursing\/img_6957\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"760\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"474\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"102684\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/IMG_6957-scaled.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1598\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 6D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1679079633&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;165&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;6400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_6957\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/IMG_6957-300x187.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/IMG_6957-1024x639.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/IMG_6957-scaled.jpeg?w=760&#038;h=474&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/IMG_6957-scaled.jpeg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/IMG_6957-300x187.jpeg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/IMG_6957-1024x639.jpeg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/IMG_6957-768x479.jpeg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/IMG_6957-1536x959.jpeg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/IMG_6957-2048x1278.jpeg 2048w\" width=\"760\" height=\"474\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"760\" data-original-height=\"474\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"IMG_6957\" alt=\"Kinsey Brooks dominates the water with her flawless breathstroke technique.\" style=\"width: 760px; height: 474px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Kinsey Brooks dominates the water with her flawless breathstroke technique. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>At UMW, Brooks is part of the 1+2+1 nursing program, which allows students to earn an associate degree from Germanna Community College and a bachelor\u2019s degree from UMW, both in nursing \u2013 all in four years. During her nursing school journey, Brooks initially believed labor and delivery was her calling, but after experiencing different clinicals, including the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), her feelings changed. She thrived in the fast-paced environment.<\/p>\n<p>Her swim connections led her to Children\u2019s National Hospital of Washington, D.C., and she remembers the moment she learned she got the job. &#8220;I woke up from a nap. There was an email from Children\u2019s that read, &#8216;Your decision is in.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Her position in the hospital\u2019s Level 4 NICU, the nation\u2019s second-ranked program of its type, \u201cis a hard job to not be motivated by,\u201d said Brooks, who developed a particular affinity for micro preemies, babies born before 26 weeks\u2019 gestation. A personal experience with a resilient patient born just 23 weeks after conception left a lasting impression. \u201cYou can request constant care, so I did. I worked with him for months,\u201d Brooks said. \u201cIt\u2019s so rewarding. There were times we thought he wasn\u2019t going to make it, but he did. He went home.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102683\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102683\" style=\"width: 217px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"102683\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2024\/05\/10\/umw-swim-champ-dives-into-neonatal-nursing\/kinsey-brooks\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/Kinsey-Brooks.png\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1080\" 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=\"Kinsey Brooks\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Senior Kinsey Brooks&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/Kinsey-Brooks-300x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/Kinsey-Brooks-1024x1024.png\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt wp-image-102683 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/Kinsey-Brooks-300x300.png\" alt=\"Brooks shared these parting words: \u201cIt has been one hell of a ride, but I\u2019m glad this was my UMW experience.\u201d \" width=\"217\" height=\"217\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/Kinsey-Brooks-300x300.png 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/Kinsey-Brooks-1024x1024.png 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/Kinsey-Brooks-150x150.png 150w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/Kinsey-Brooks-768x768.png 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/Kinsey-Brooks-50x50.png 50w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/Kinsey-Brooks-75x75.png 75w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/05\/Kinsey-Brooks.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102683\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brooks shared these parting words: \u201cIt has been one hell of a ride, but I\u2019m glad this was my UMW experience.\u201d Photo by Parker Michels-Boyce.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Women\u2019s swimming coach Justin Anderson worked around her schedule, offering practices as early as 3 a.m. and as late as 10 p.m. Coach Anderson remarked of Brooks commitment to swimming, \u201cno matter what the race is even if it\u2019s not one of her primary events she is always going to give her all and do whatever she can to get her hand on the wall first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">After graduation, Brooks plans to continue her job in the NICU at Children\u2019s National, and trade her swimming for \u201ca whole lot of running\u201d and marathons. She\u2019s sad, she said, to see her swimming career come to an end but shared these parting words:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u201cIt has been one hell of a ride, but I\u2019m glad this was my UMW experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The secret to balancing a hectic college career? University of Mary Washington senior and champion swimmer Kinsey Brooks credits three things: stay organized, find a good podcast and sleep when you can. 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