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even as a teenager, between those who had a passion for “Understand and accept your limits, but perform to
their careers and those for whom it was just a job. … It’s those limits. Be good at what you do, be passionate about
a unique and exciting time to be in health care, and an what you do, and pass your wisdom, knowledge, and
exhausting time to be in health care. Health care reform experience on to others.”
has placed new
pressure on those CGN graduate Ted
of us who have Vuong, who
chosen health care earned a Master of
as a career.” Science in Nursing
degree with an
Kahn also urged emphasis in
graduates to Ambulatory Care
embrace managed Nursing, said
care as an ally in there were times
caring for patients, he doubted
and to use health himself, but with
plans’ resources to the support of the
their fullest extent, faculty, he’s glad
because they size of he finally reached
the system will graduation day.
demand it.
“Everyone has a right to health care. We finally have “I feel it’s really important to achieve higher education to
made that part of our social contract, and it’s impossible our capacity,” he said. “With the changes going on in
to see us retreating from that. health care today, especially within the scope of nursing,


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