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BETH QUATRARA: Hello.
I'm Professor Beth Quatrara, and I
direct the Doctor of Nursing Practice program
here at the University of Virginia School of Nursing.
What sets UVA's school of nursing apart is the community.
And I cannot say that enough.
We really care about you, you as the person,
you as the individual.
You are not part of a cohort.
You are not part of a class.
You have the opportunity to work one on one
with faculty, one on one with your advisor
to develop your DNP project, to work through your DNP project
in terms of where you are at that point in time,
what knowledge and skills you have,
and help you to uniquely address the practice changes that you
want to transform.
And it's so exciting to work with students at that level,
and that's really what sets us apart
is that we are uniquely focused on you.
I love being a faculty member here at the School of Nursing.
I have the opportunity to work with students to help transform
them, not only in terms of building knowledge and skills,
but more importantly, their confidence.
I love working with students who come in wide eyed, big faced,
almost terrified to learn and stretch themselves and help
them to truly grow.
One of the courses I teach is advanced pathophysiology,
and that name in and of itself can be daunting.
At the first class, one of the things
we ask all the students to do is to put out three words
that they're feeling right now as they sit here
in this class on day one.
And we built a word cloud.
And I see words such as terrified, intimidated, oh no.
And on the last day of class, we repeat that same exercise
and I have the opportunity to see words such as fascinated,
impressed, proud.
And that's what it's all about, right?
Helping all of our students to become confident
and moving from those wide eyes to those confident postures that
really just help to show they're ready for the next step.
If I was to describe the UVA School of Nursing in one word,
it would be energized.
And to explain that, I invite you
to walk into one of our buildings
to feel the positive vibe, the positive energy of our students,
our faculty, our staff.
There is just something dynamic and energizing
about this place that can only be described by being here.
So come visit.