Student spotlight – Jessica Bursovsky

Education is one of the four pillars of UNMC’s mission and our students are the lifeblood of that aspect of campus life.









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Jessica Bursovsky
In UNMC Today’s Student Spotlight, we get to know some of these students, who are training to become tomorrow’s health care professionals.

Today we meet Jessica Bursovsky, a third-semester bachelor’s of science in nursing student at the UNMC College of Nursing West Nebraska Division in Scottsbluff.

  • Name: Jessica Bursovsky
  • Hometown: Table Rock, Neb.
  • Year/program: Third-semester bachelor’s of science in nursing student

What is your best memory from your time at UNMC?

The best memory I have, so far, is getting to witness the removal of a tumor behind the carotid artery. This was my first experience in a surgery clinical and the two surgeons let me get on a giant step stool to watch the whole process. They took the time to explain every step.

Our four brand values are leadership, commitment to excellence, working together and being a trusted resource. Pick one and tell us a time you witnessed it embodied at UNMC.

I think that the professors and additional staff here at UNMC-Scottsbluff demonstrate all four of these values every day. I was very hesitant about coming so far out west for school, but now I would not trade my experience for anything. I have never before been in an education setting where I have been so comfortable with all of the staff. I can truly tell that they all love what they do and they have been such an inspiration to us students.

List three things people may not know about you.

  • I regularly submit myself to “retail therapy.”
  • I am the worst basketball player ever, but it’s my favorite sport to watch. Go Lakers!
  • When I was about one, my grandma was supposed to be babysitting me and my cousin, who is a year older than me. My cousin fed me almost a whole bottle of baby Tylenol and my grandma had to rush me to the emergency room to have my stomach pumped. I never let either my cousin or my grandma forget this.