Costa Rican Nursing Student Aims to Build Her Country's Pool of Nurse Scientists
Ana Laura Solano Lopez Is FPB's First PhD Student from Costa Rica
Posted 11/17/11
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PhD Student Ana Laura Solano Lopez |
The nation of Costa Rica has only one nurse-scientist with a PhD conducting research in the field—but Ana Laura Solano Lopez is hoping to change that.
A student in the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing’s bachelor’s-to-doctorate program, Salano, of Turrialba, Costa Rica, is one of four graduates of the University of Costa Rica with special scholarship support to travel outside the country for doctorate degrees and then return home to enhance Costa Rica’s research program in nursing.
The four students have headed off to different schools—two to South America and another to the University of Miami. Their varied experiences, Solano said, will contribute different perspectives to research and education in their home country.
She has earned a licenciatura, which is midway between a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing. When she returns home, she will be under contract to teach for eight to 12 years, she said.
Before starting her search for a graduate program, Salano was not acquainted with universities in the United States. But after searching U.S. News and World Report rankings and finding Case Western Reserve’s nursing school at 15th in the country, she applied and was accepted. She’s now the first doctoral student from Costa Rica, according to Jaclene Zauszniewski, associate dean for doctoral education.
Source: Case Western Reserve University
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