Michelle Petty

Norfolk, Virginia Area United States

Screenwriter - Paris Sisters

My Journey to Become a Nurse Practitioner I did not always know I wanted to be a nurse. Although I was naturally very nurturing and empathetic I didn’t initially see this as a trait that could be applied to a career. I loved to learn and wanted to go to college, so I picked a major in physical therapy. I found myself plugging along and enjoying my classes at VCU. Then one day the notion of becoming a nurse casually crossed my mind and I thought, that is it! That is me, why didn’t I see it sooner? It was always there, in my CPR training, the life-guarding and first-aid classes, my days caring for children at the daycare centers and taking special time to rock the ones with a fever, my ne...