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Why nursing:
“I really wanted to be able to interact with people on a one-on-one basis, and nursing is kind of the essence of dealing with someone in an intimate situation, a situation that has the power to make or break the patient’s success in coping with a health problem or injury. Being welcomed into the kind of relationship that exists between nurse and patient attracted me.”
Why Marquette:
The university’s mission of academic excellence, faith and social justice, and the College of Nursing’s commitment to serve every segment of the human family were in sync with Trevey’s values.
Classroom experience:
“The curriculum is science focused, and students have access to these great clinical placements where they develop outstanding skills. But on top of that, we’re asked to think deeply about tough questions such as why the health care system is broken and what we can do to fix it. That’s the kind of nurse I want to be, and those are universal skills that cross all country borders.”
What's next:
"I am continuing my education now to become a Family Nurse Practitioner."
Martha Trevey
During the 30-hour trip from Milwaukee to Nairobi, Martha Trevey, Nurs ’06, had a lot on her mind. She was making her first trip to Africa.
Still a student at the time, Martha wanted to experience what it was like to give nursing care under such trying circumstances. But as the airplane touched down and she reached for her carry-on bag, she couldn’t help but wonder, “Will it be everything I’m looking for?”
Every five minutes, someone in Kenya dies from AIDS. The reality of working in a community that lived with that astounding statistic would test Martha’s strength for the next six weeks as she put what she’d learned in class into practice.
She visited villages with no electricity; homes with no mothers. Yet, children still played; women still laughed. Families celebrated what they had. Then one day, she walked into a home and froze. It wasn’t the poverty that stunned her. It was the young woman lying on a pallet, so ill she struggled to put her hand out to greet Martha. She was dying from AIDS.
“The guilt was so overwhelming, I couldn’t breathe,” Trevey remembers. “She was 21. We were born half a world apart, but more alike than different. At that moment I felt the enormity of the gift I’d received by attending Marquette, and I knew why I was becoming a nurse.”
After graduation, Trevey got a job as an R.N. in the spinal cord injury unit of Froedtert Hospital. The best part of the job?
“Being able to journey with somebody through the most difficult and intimate time in their lives.”
Quick Facts About Marquette
| Identity: | Catholic, Jesuit, private |
| Established: | 1881 |
| Location: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Undergraduate: | 8,048 |
| Postgraduate: | 3,500 |
| Campus: | Urban, 90 acres |
| Athletics: | 11 NCAA Division I teams (Big East) |
| Colors: | Blue and Gold |
