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CHRISTINE WILSON: It's been very
manageable for me as a new mom

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during the pandemic.

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It's been great.

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I mean, I have an associates.

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But getting a bachelor's
has connected me

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with a lot of other students.

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Nurses from Northern Virginia,
from Richmond, you're

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in a classroom with people.

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People are-- we're all
having a conversation.

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And the conversations
that we have

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are really eyeopening
to the world of nursing.

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I mean, it is a big world.

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And I don't know
if you would really

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hear that if you weren't
meeting face to face.

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And we just come
in once a month.

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And it's really not
difficult at all.

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The class is really low key.

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The professors are very
understanding of the fact

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that we work and we're also
getting another degree.

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I think this program
has helped me.

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I hated public speaking.

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And now it's really
not a big deal.

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We have to talk about
political issues.

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We have to talk
about things that

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are going on in health care.

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They teach you how to say
that something is important.

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And this is why.

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This is the evidence
that supports it.

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So it's really helped me be
more confident using my voice,

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knowing that the things
you're doing as a nurse,

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if you're not going to do it,
then maybe no one else will.

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So it's important to stand
up and share what you think

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and be a strong
person in this world.