{"id":62379,"date":"2018-07-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/07\/11\/native-american-students-explore-health-careers\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T17:20:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T22:20:28","slug":"native-american-students-explore-health-careers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/07\/11\/native-american-students-explore-health-careers\/","title":{"rendered":"Native American students explore health careers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>Francine Red Willow Richards just assumed that upon graduating with her associate&#8217;s degree in nursing next year she would work for the Indian Health Service hospital on her reservation.<\/p>\n<p>However, after attending the Aseto&#8217;ne Institute hosted by UNMC in Omaha, Richards is now considering expanding on her education.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to get an R.N. and then go into nursing research, maybe with the NIH (National Institutes of Health) in D.C. 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