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Two students from the same Kenyan high school find their way to UND\u2019s Nurse Anesthesia program \u2014 and back to each other<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Deniis Gichana and Kevin Ogutu pose for a picture after reuniting at a conference in North Dakota. Contributed photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kevin Ogutu had to look twice.<\/p>\n

He was back in North Dakota for a nurse anesthesia conference, chatting with former classmates and faculty from UND\u2019s Nurse Anesthesia program<\/a><\/strong>, when someone mentioned that another student in the room, Dennis Gichana, was from Kenya.<\/p>\n

It had been long enough that Oguto did not recognize Gichana right away. But once they started comparing hometowns and high schools, the connection came back.<\/p>\n

They had grown up in the same region of Kenya and attended the same high school, separated by just one year. As they talked, Gichana recalled that he had even disciplined Ogutu at one point \u2014 he had served as school captain, a leadership role that included enforcing rules among students, a memory the pair greeted with laughter.<\/p>\n

\u201cI may have landed into some trouble,\u201d Ogutu said. \u201cHe gave me a little bit of a whoop in the back, but it all came from a point of caring and wanting to make sure that we were doing the right thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

And now, years later, their separate journeys across continents, careers and health care systems came full circle, leading them both to UND\u2019s Nurse Anesthesia program, the only one of its kind in the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat are the odds?\u201d Ogutu said. \u201cTwo different kids from Kenya, we end up in the same program in North Dakota.\u201d<\/p>\n

Starting over in North Dakota<\/h2>\n

Gichana\u2019s interest in health care began in high school, where he served as captain for health \u2014 overseeing student wellness, providing first aid and helping classmates get care when they needed it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI chose health because I wanted to be that person who comes through when you need help,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Before immigrating to the United States in 2016, Gichana worked in Kenya as a clinical officer, a role similar to a physician assistant.<\/p>\n

But there was a catch: His credentials did not transfer. He had to start from square one.<\/p>\n

So, when he got to North Dakota, he became a certified nursing assistant, then an LPN, then an RN, working in intensive care while earning his bachelor\u2019s degree and building the critical care experience required for UND\u2019s nurse anesthesia program.<\/p>\n

The process was frustrating, but it brought him back toward the work he had always wanted to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to be there when people are the most vulnerable,\u201d he said. \u201cThat fulfillment is just something that I couldn\u2019t find anywhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finding another path to nurse anesthesia<\/h2>\n

Ogutu\u2019s path followed a different route.<\/p>\n

After earning his nursing degree in Michigan and working around the country, he moved to Minot to be closer to his parents, who had recently relocated from Kenya. Working at Trinity Health, he met ICU nurses who had gone through UND\u2019s Nurse Anesthesia program.<\/p>\n

He considered medical school, but the cost, time commitment and the life he hoped to build for his family pointed him toward nurse anesthesia instead.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to practice at an advanced level,\u201d Ogutu said. \u201cI wanted to be able to make a comfortable income and afford a lifestyle that I would imagine for my family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ogutu entered UND\u2019s Nurse Anesthesia program in 2019 and graduated in 2022. He now works for Kaiser Permanente in Northern California and said UND\u2019s training prepared him to practice across adult anesthesia, pediatrics, obstetrics and trauma.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe program was very stressful and intense,\u201d he said. \u201cBut the professors understood that, and they were there each step of the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gichana, still completing the program, echoed the sentiment. He credited clinical associate professor James Sperle<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 the former program director and his advisor \u2014 with helping set that tone.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey don\u2019t make you feel out of place,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a good culture over there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Training for the unexpected<\/h2>\n

Though both men found their calling in the profession, they were challenged by the ebbs and flows of the program.<\/p>\n

UND\u2019s Nurse Anesthesia Doctor of Nursing Practice program prepares students to become Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, or CRNAs, who provide anesthesia care during some of a patient\u2019s most uncertain moments.<\/p>\n

After classroom work at the College of Nursing & Professional Disciplines, students rotate through clinical sites across North Dakota, Minnesota and South Dakota.<\/p>\n

For Gichana, that hands-on time has been crucial to his growth as a future nurse anesthetist. Equipment, operating room setups and hospital cultures shift from site to site, and students must learn to adapt quickly in new environments.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can imagine a situation where you need to crank up your oxygen, but you can\u2019t find the button on this equipment because you\u2019re not used to it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

But all of that pressure is part of preparing students for a profession where lives are at stake every day.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou go home some nights and you ask, \u2018Why did I even begin this?\u2019\u201d Gichana said. \u201cBut I look at those times as learning moments, not something meant to break you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two paths, one purpose<\/h2>\n

For both men, the real pleasure of the work lies in supporting patients in times of need and uncertainty.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re extremely scared. They don\u2019t know what the outcome is going to be,\u201d Ogutu said. \u201cAnd just being there for them \u2014 to give them a word of encouragement, to hold their hand \u2014 it\u2019s so fulfilling.\u201d<\/p>\n

That shared calling makes their reunion all the more remarkable. Two students from the same Kenyan high school, separated by years and continents, arrived at the same program in North Dakota through a shared drive to help people.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot once did it occur to me when I was in high school that the same person that was disciplining me \u2014 somehow our paths would cross in the future,\u201d Ogutu said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlways be kind to people,\u201d he added. \u201cAlways know that you came into this earth for a purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n

And for Ogutu and Gichana, UND became an essential part of that purpose.<\/p>\n

Or, as Ogutu put it: \u201cUND gave me the opportunity to be who I am today.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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