My friend and colleague, Guljahan
Pirnazarova, is the first nurse in
her country who has been allowed
to pursue an advanced degree, and it
was only approved because she also
has a university degree in education.
She applied originally to the Medical
Academy for permission to pursue a
master’s degree in nursing but was
refused by the doctors and directed
to apply to the school of education.
While her advanced degree was to be
in education, rather than nursing, she
chose to concentrate her studies on
both education and nursing. However,
to date the Medical Academy has
not granted her degree even though
her research is finished and has been
submitted.