Lucas Min

Biography

“I really try my best to listen to my patients and then empathize and understand from their perspectives,” Lucas Min explains of the “human-to-human” nurse-patient dynamic that he seeks. “I would never say that I understand what they’re going through, because I am not them. I’ve never been in that place.” It takes practice, self-awareness, and humility. But when this approach works, Min realizes that he’s found his happy place. “I specifically remember from my first semester, when I was done with the vital signs and everything, the patient says to me, ‘I need to talk to your clinical instructor.’ And it was that moment of, ‘Oh my god, red alert! What did I do wrong?’ I’m pacing outside the room. My clinical instructor comes out and just has the biggest smile.”

The patient had raved about Min’s care, explaining that he had felt seen and genuinely cared about by the nursing student. In a later clinical session, another patient stopped just shy of proposing marriage.

It’s all music to his ears. Or more music, anyway.

Learn more about Lucas Min’s journey to the MSN (Entry into Nursing) program.