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Fresh Faces <strong>of</strong><br />
Leadership<br />
In the words <strong>of</strong> Florence Nightingale,“Unless we are making<br />
progress in our nursing every year, every month, every<br />
week, take my word for it, we are going back.”The question<br />
for nurses – both nationally and internationally – is how<br />
to achieve such progress.<br />
For some, it means coming to the<br />
United States to study with nursing scientists<br />
in order to create new knowledge<br />
and hone research skills.Yet, for this new<br />
generation <strong>of</strong> researchers, the path to<br />
progress involves interweaving science<br />
with the demands and concerns <strong>of</strong> many<br />
cultures to create truly global solutions.<br />
“Science must be applicable everywhere<br />
in the world,” said Korean doctoral<br />
student Eunhee Choi.“Nursing<br />
science that is true only in America is<br />
not true science. Nursing science<br />
should be everywhere, but nursing art<br />
is culturally dependent.”<br />
In freewheeling roundtable discussions,<br />
54 international students from<br />
countries as diverse as Pakistan, Israel,<br />
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