Jordan Gouge ’25 is the president of the Student Nurse Association of Pennsylvania’s (SNAP) chapter on St. Joe’s Lancaster campus, where she organizes monthly meetings for SNAP members, public events and more for the purpose of academic and community development. Prior to becoming a nursing student, Gouge worked both in emergency medical services and as a police dispatcher. Her passions include the outdoors and working with children.

What’s your favorite spot on the Lancaster campus? 

The study rooms.

If you could be a place on campus, what would you be? 

We have a sim lab upstairs where we have mannequins that the instructor can talk through. They can have heart sounds, lung sounds, all the things. It’s really cool.

What is something about you that might surprise other people? 

I hunt. I’m a big, avid, outdoorsy type of person. Borderline tomgirl, always have been. 

What is your definition of happiness? 

Going to bed knowing that you have made the most of your life.

Where would you most like to live? 

Montana or Wyoming.

Who is your favorite celebrity? 

Adam Sandler.

What’s something on your bucket list? 

Go to Iceland. 

What do you value most in your friends? 

That we’re all just going through the same phase of life.

Who are your heroes in real life? 

My dad. He’s my favorite person.

What do you think is your best trait? 

I have a teaching type of personality. 

What’s a word you would want other people to use to describe you? 

Approachable.

What is your most treasured possession? 

Memories.

What’s your biggest worry right now? 

Making it through the third semester. I know it’s probably really superficial, but you just have to take it one day at a time.

What inspires you about the nurses who have graduated before you? 

Knowing that they made it out okay. Even though it’s hard, there’s still light at the end.

What do you want to be when you graduate? 

A pediatric RN would be the end goal for me.