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PAMELA CIPRIANO: 2020
has been quite a year,

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a year that none
of us will forget.

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And certainly all
of you with 2020

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marking your year
of graduation, it

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will be even more special being
in the midst of a pandemic

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when your influence is needed
more now than ever before.

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The spotlight on
nursing around the world

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has emphasized that you are
intelligent, well educated,

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ready to deal with anything,
jumping toward danger instead

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of away from it.

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And this is really
a time for nurses

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to be not only
recognized and thanked,

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but really elevated and
tapped for your expertise,

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for your guidance, for
your political activism,

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because it's time to really
use all this great education

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that you're finishing.

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I know for many of us as we
go through different levels

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of education, part of
what's really exciting

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is that the light bulbs go on.

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You now know why you do what
you've been doing for years.

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You now know you can contribute
to the science and knowledge

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of nursing and
health care in ways

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that you might never have
conceived when you took

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that first step or
that first course

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to becoming a novice nurse and
so recognizing that you have

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incredible talent
that now you're

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going to share with the world.

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What's even more
important is to make sure

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that people know what you do.

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I used to joke that after
40 years in nursing,

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my parents still had
no clue what I did.

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Everyone has this
very traditional view

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of the actual physical caring
component that nurses have.

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But they have no idea that
we can change the world,

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that we are changing the world,
that we're influencing local,

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state, national, and
international legislation,

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that we're setting policy,
we're changing education,

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we are contributing to
science in ways that

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is changing people's lives.

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And so I encourage you
to not be too humble.

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I encourage you to
sing your own praises,

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to be sure that you step
up every time someone wants

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to know what you do, where
you're making your mark,

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because that's the
only way that we

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will move the needle
in terms of the impact

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that nurses are
having worldwide.

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And I can assure you
that as a graduate

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of the University
of Virginia, you're

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way ahead of a lot of others.

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And we hear that
from our alumni,

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we hear that from
the employers that

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are so anxious and
grateful to get you,

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and we hear it from your other
professional colleagues who

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work with you.

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So again, we add our pride
in looking at your movement

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onto this next phase
of your, life wish you

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incredible success,
and want to make sure

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that you know that
we not only know

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you're going to do
great things, we're

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also here to continue to
cheer you on and support you

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in any way that we can.

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So my congratulations
to everybody.

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