GEICO Alumni Showcase: Mia Raiff
Back in May, new college graduates all over the world were making unconventional entrances into the working world, and for former USC Upstate women's soccer player Mia Raiff, the transition to being a full-time nurse was anything but ordinary.
Raiff, a native of Ohio and a 2020 graduate of the USC Upstate Mary Black School of Nursing, had been working on the inpatient oncology unit at Spartanburg Medical Center since the week before graduation. Though she had yet to schedule her NCLEX, she was been able to get a head start on orientation and getting acclimated to the floor.
"I've been helping out with basic patient care," said Raiff. "It's been good to start getting those patient skills, seeing what all the nurses do and how everything works, and getting a lot of logistical things out of the way so when I do take my NCLEX, it will be a much smoother transition and I can go straight into the nursing role."
Raiff was featured in a Q&A with Upstatespartans.com back in mid-May,
and the profile is available here.
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