Jessica graduates – wahoo!

Jessica has graduated as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner...

In this graduation season, it’s great to hear from far & wide about the cool stuff former FHHS students are doing…here’s the word from proud mom Nan Simpson whose smile is on high-beams these days:

Graduation Announcement:  Jessica Hollis Simpson

Jessica Hollis Simpson, daughter of Nan and Steve Simpson of Friday Harbor and Ron and Pamela Hollis of Hartsel, Colorado, was one of nine students to graduate with a Master’s Degree in Nursing in the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of Washington  Friday, June 12th, 2009.

Jessica graduated from WSU with a BA in Social Sciences/Psychology and Chemistry in 1999 and then earned her BS in Nursing from the University of Washington in 2004.  She is a 1994 Friday Harbor High School graduate.

Jessica’s master’s project, an academic paper co-written with UW faculty, concerning children with chronic illness was published in the national academic journal, Pediatric Nursing.(May 2009)  Jessica passed the National Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Primary Care Certification Board Exams June 16, 2009.  She is presently employed as an inpatient RN caring for infants and children at Evergreen Hospital, Seattle.

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