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MOLLY YEO: The first time
I saw a professional ballet

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performance, I was
five years old.

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I sat on the edge of
my seat the whole time.

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Once I achieved my
dream, once I became

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a professional ballet
dancer, it wasn't everything

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that I had ever
dreamed it to be.

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I was hungry for
being known not just

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for what I could
do with my body,

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but who I was and my
character and my integrity.

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I was on the phone with my
mom one night, and I said,

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I don't know why.

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I just keep thinking
about nursing.

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She pulled up the website of the
New York State Board of Nursing.

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The number one criteria was
to be of good moral character.

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It was like, that's it.

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I'm going to go
to nursing school.

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UVA really stood
out to me because

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of this culture of excellence,
to be both great and good.

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When I look across
grounds, I really

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see people who have
chosen to pursue something

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that they're not only
deeply passionate about,

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but that is useful to our world.

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And I think that's a really
inspiring place to be.

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How was your shower?

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PATIENT: Good.

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MOLLY YEO: Yeah, you
look so fresh and clean.

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The stakes are so
high in the hospital.

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We have to get it right.

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As a dancer, I
certainly was trained

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to be very detail oriented
and a perfectionist.

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In nursing school,
I've been able to apply

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a lot of those same
qualities to my work.

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But instead of
wanting to be perfect,

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wanting to be excellent.

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Being excellent is not only
being clinically competent,

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but it means being culturally
sensitive, empathetic,

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thinking about the whole person.

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We're constantly reminded that
it not only matters what we do,

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but how we do it.

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I was never supposed
to be a nurse.

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I was supposed to
be a ballet dancer.

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I've truly done things
here that I never

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thought I was capable of.

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And in many ways, I think
ballet was almost the kindling.

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And coming to the University of
Virginia really lit the fire.

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