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MESHA JONES: Hi.

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My name is Mesha Jones, and
I'm a Clinical Instructor

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at the School of Nursing.

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I always tell people I chose
nursing because of a TV show

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called ER.

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And I saw everything that Carol
Hathaway was to her patients.

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She was a nurse.

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She was caring.

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She advocated for everything
that her patient needs.

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But also, I grew up
in this community,

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and it has been a great
way for me to give back

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and to advocate for
not only health issues,

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but other issues that may affect
those that we take care of.

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Taking the students into the
clinical environment and seeing

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their face on the first day,
the deer-in-the-headlight look.

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And then, at the
end, they're not only

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taking care of their
patients, but they're

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going through the unit
and helping the nurse

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with other patients on the unit.

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And then they start asking
those important questions

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and putting it all together, of
thinking about how the health

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diagnosis is impacting
the patient financially

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and the resources,
where they live.

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And when they have those a-ha
moments and they start asking me

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the tough questions is
what I enjoy the most.

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I think students should
choose UVA School of Nursing

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for the opportunity to
network within the school

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and, also, on the
health system side.

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It's an opportunity to get
a broad view of the patients

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that we take care of, not
just in the community,

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but in the commonwealth.

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It's an opportunity to learn,
to grow, to be part of something

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special, to realize that
you're not in this alone,

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and to also realize that, in
nursing, you can do anything.

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Bold.

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And the reason I
chose the word bold

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is because, as an organization,
we have to be bold in everything

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that we do, teach
in their future

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how to deal with the challenges
that will come ahead.

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