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I really just want to
be there for people,

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and I don't really care
what capacity it is.

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To be that help, that's
why I got into nursing.

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There's not a lot
of men in nursing.

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There's just not a
great representation.

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The goal that I've always seen
with the Men Advancing Nursing,

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or MAN club, for short, is
to put ourselves out there

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as men in nursing, to
break down barriers.

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To our younger people, like
the people in high school,

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they just automatically
assume if they're a guy,

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they can't be a nurse.

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I think those gender
norms kind of hurt

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what they want to
do with their life.

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Men and women can
both be nurses,

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men and women can
both be doctors,

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and that's totally normal.

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I wanted to get more experiences
outside of the classroom,

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outside of the clinical setting.

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And I found that through the
Western Albemarle Rescue Squad.

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And that has, honestly, been
one of the coolest opportunities

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that I've had to advance my
education, to be a better care

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provider for the citizens of
Crozet and Albemarle County,

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and it's changed my life
in every single way.

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I was never really
comfortable with,

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like, my image of masculinity
coming into nursing school.

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Through my
experiences, I kind of

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realized that
masculinity, to me,

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is all about being
compassionate, and being

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kind, and being vulnerable.

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And as a nurse, I think one of
the biggest responsibilities

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is just to make patients
feel comfortable

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and to feel loved by
showing your kindness

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and your vulnerability.

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That's something that
I've held really close

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and I know that I will
always hold close to me.

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