Student Name: Caitlin Baily
College: Central Louisiana Technical Community College
Student’s Background: Caitlin was born with congenital Biliary Atresia disease. This disease is a blockage in the tubes that carry a liquid called bile from the liver to the gallbladder, and it only affects infants. Thus, Caitlin had her first surgery when she was just eight days old. She never let her chronic liver disease slow her down and eventually realized what she wanted to be when she enrolled in nursing at the Ferriday Campus.
Credential Earned: Technical Diploma in Practical Nursing, May 2017
Outcome: Caitlin passed the NCLEX-PN licensure examination and is employed at LaSalle Nursing Home in Jena as a staff LPN.
