My Professional Degree

Thatiana Jeune | December 25, 2025 | Thati's Testimonies

I was asked today to write a poem about my nursing experience..and when I tell you I didn’t know where to start

I would write and erase, and tell myself girl you don’t want to scare them , just skip that part

I thought about writing about my first job at the nursing home, where I cried everyday for months 

Going in to take care of 21 patients while also trying to mend a broken heart, isn’t where I thought my journey would start 

I thought about writing about how being the youngest and newest was one of my top concerns not knowing that verbal sexual harassment would soon take its turn 

How because I was young and Haitian, I automatically got the harder patients and shorter trainings,

How the tears I cried were in private versus the tears others cried were bright, and white, and carried a sense of privilege my skin couldn’t fight  

But as I thought about those experiences, I remembered my journey began far before that, let’s take it back to 2015 where the phrase nurses eat their young proved to be straight facts 

Where my clinical instructor was so condescending I had a 3 day panic attack

Where I was told by her that I had the worst final in the group and she wanted to hold me back 

Where I failed my fundamentals class by less than half a point and spent my summer sneaking around campus just to repeat the class 

Where months after graduation I struggled and wondered if this nursing thing was all An act 

But Fast forward to today December 3rd 2022, I stand before you confident in my journey, and I hope you will too vulnerable in my experiences, and secure in the fact that I am living in my purpose, and only God did that 

As I stand here days away from officially becoming a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

And as I look back at the people who chose to tear me down when they could’ve built me up, 

 I would love to take the opportunity to fully reintroduce myself and say what’s up 

My Name is Thatiana Jeune PNP, and I am living proof that my God don’t play about me! 

So when you feel unappreciated and feel like giving up remember that you are not just a nurse. You are a 24/7, Code blue saving, insulin pushing, vaccine giving, bed pan changing, family consoling, life giving, body healing, advocating hero…and Let your bosses know when they give you your next check they better add another zero

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Thati J is a Boston-raised Haitian American with a remarkable journey from being a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, every Haitian parents dream, to embracing her true calling as creator and storyteller . Through self-discovery she found her love for speaking, writing, and the power of vulnerability. This led to her creating her platform Thati’s Testimonies, where you can experience her poetry, engaging panel discussions, her podcast, Good Luck Sis, and  reflections on everyday life.

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