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At the time, Shannon said she was “truly convinced” that she had failed her NCLEX nursing board exam, a licensing exam that nurses need to pass in order to practice as registered nurses.

“I was so scared, nervous, already crying before viewing the result, thinking that I failed,” she recalled to “GMA.”

Mark said he had heard it wasn’t uncommon for test-takers to sit for the exam more than once and tried to reassure his daughter beforehand. “I told her prior to that, regardless of the outcome, what you're going to find out, ‘I'm still going to love you just as I do from the minute you were born,’” he said.

“I was kind of preparing her for if she didn't pass, but in my heart. I really knew she did it,\" he said.

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PHOTO: Rosen said she's had to overcome impostor syndrome as she embarked on her journey to become a nurse.
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The viral video captures just a snippet of all the hard work and dedication Shannon, and her family, put in to pursue her career in nursing.

Shannon told “GMA” she didn’t always know she wanted to be a nurse. Shannon said after she graduated with her bachelor’s degree in family and child sciences, she wasn’t sure what her future career would look like. She took a year to work, save money and think about what she was interested in doing.

“I decided to take the leap of faith and apply to nursing school,” Shannon said. “I have a little bit of impostor syndrome where I don't think I'm capable of doing things that I set my mind to, and then I always prove myself wrong.”

Shannon said her family, including her mom Heidi, older brother Zach and sister-in-law Danielle, has been right there on the journey with her, adding that she lived at home for some time to finish up nursing school. Her father told “GMA” that he decided to get a job with the Hershey Co. to help his daughter out.

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PHOTO: Shannon Rosen graduated from Nova Southeastern University's nursing program in December, 2021.
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“At that time, I was pretty much retired and I said, ‘I'm gonna go out and get a part-time job and I'm gonna help you. I don't want you to stress so much on anything else but studying and achieving your goal.’ So that's what I did,” he recalled.

Now, four months after graduating from Nova Southeastern University’s nursing program, Shannon is training at NCH Healthcare System, in Naples, Florida, to become a circulating nurse, a key role inside a hospital’s operating room.

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PHOTO: Shannon Rosen is currently training to be an operating room nurse in Naples, Florida.
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“This was just a perfect opportunity for me as a new graduate, to come with new skills, new ideas, new excitement back into the healthcare system,” she said. “COVID caused a lot of burnout and negative energy in the healthcare system. So I'm hoping that me and my fellow colleagues can kind of bring that back.”

Mark said it has been “truly amazing” to watch his daughter, who he describes as “smart” and a “hard worker,” achieve each goal she set for herself.

“She has a heart of gold. She always helped people and I knew this was her passion,\" he said.

As for their viral TikTok, Mark added, “I feel happy that I could bring so much happiness to so many people around the country and around the world. We're getting comments from everywhere. So who knew that a 45-second video on TikTok would have such a profound reaction by so many people around the world?”

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