The Mayflower Community is celebrating the completion of Associate Degree Nursing work for four staff LPNs (Licensed Practical Nurses). While working at Mayflower as nurses, Trisha Beyer, Taylor Kirby (pictured above), Cheyenne Klos, and Kelsey Pothoven attended classes and performed clinical rotations and a preceptorship through the Marshalltown Community College.
The next challenge for these four nurses is their State of Iowa Registered Nurse licensure examinations (the “Boards”).
Trisha works full-time on the weekends as a nurse in our Health Center. She began her Mayflower service in 2012 as a Certified Nurse Aide (CNA). Trisha completed her Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) degree in June 2018. She is a graduate of Lynnville-Sully High School.
Taylor works part-time in both the Health Center and Beebe Assisted Living. After graduation from Grinnell High School, she began working at Mayflower as a CNA in 2018 while attending school full-time at Marshalltown Community College, where she received her LPN training. She became licensed as an LPN in 2019. Taylor is planning to continue her studies for a bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) this fall at the University of Iowa.
Cheyenne has worked full-time on weekends in Beebe Assisted Living since the summer of 2019 when she received her LPN license. In that process, she served a preceptorship at Mayflower. Cheyenne plans to attend the University of Iowa to study for her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). In addition, Cheyenne, a graduate of Montezuma High School, is a member of the U.S. Army National Guard.
A native of the Oskaloosa and Pella area, Kelsey graduated from Oskaloosa Senior High School and went on to receive her Licensed Practical Nurse education from Indian Hills Community College, Ottumwa IA. She began working for Mayflower in 2016 in the Health Center and later transferred to Beebe Assisted Living. In August 2019, Kelsey began schooling in Marshalltown, juggling work and parenthood with her studies. She plans to attend William Penn University, Oskaloosa IA to work on her bachelors in nursing degree.
In her work at Mayflower, Trisha became familiar with the Mayflower Employee Education Fund, an endowment used to help pay for education expenses pertinent to work at Mayflower. The loan that Trisha received is forgivable over time, as she works at Mayflower.
Holly Thomas, RN, Mayflower Director of Heath Services, says of the four nurses, “As graduates of the ADN program at Marshalltown Community College, Trisha, Taylor, Cheyenne, and Kelsey have our congratulations. We are thankful for their dedication to working at Mayflower while achieving their professional goals. We know how difficult it is to balance work, life, family, and school through a challenging nursing program.”
In the accompanying photo, Trisha and Taylor stand in front of Mayflower’s Health Center. Cheyenne and Kelsey are pictured separately. The group photo is the spring 2020 ADN graduating class at Marshalltown Community College.
Founded in 1950, the Mayflower Community is the only healthcare provider in Poweshiek County offering Medicare certified skilled nursing care, certified assisted living, and licensed residential care, all on one campus. More than 280 people make their homes in the Mayflower Community’s healthcare, independent living apartments, patio homes, and the new Watertower Square apartments. More information is available at http://www.mayflowerhomes.com/ or by calling 641-236-6151.
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