Kurt Albright’s 10th Blog From China -December 12, 2011

Introduction from Don Jones:

Kurt is a graduate of ATA College’s Practical Nursing Program. He is now completing an RN bridge program at the Shanghai Institute of Health Science (SIHS) in Shanghai, China. This is his second full year in China and he is scheduled to graduate in Spring 2012. ATA College originally signed an affiliation agreement with this college in the summer of 2010. The agreement allows for graduates of our Practical Nursing program to continue their education abroad in China. Eventually, ATA College hopes to offer an RN bridge program here in Louisville or at our college in Florida. Once we are approved to offer an RN program at either location, we can then enroll Chinese students that wish to study abroad in the United States. We are very excited about this mutually benefiting arrangement. The Chinese people and government place great value on quality education. This affiliation agreement once again affirms that ATA College is a quality organization that places student achievement and career success at the forefront.

Don Jones

CEO

Kurt Albright-December 12, 2011

A couple of weeks ago I made my acting debut.  I was a patient on the VIP floor of the hospital.  They were taking photos for some type of hospital promotion. I am not exactly photogenic, but I had fun.

I finished my ER rotation by spending the last hour in the IV infusion room putting in IV’s.  The ER was eventful again this week.  People dying, arguments over bills, fist fights in the lobby.  I think I saw this episode on TV.

Next week I go to the children’s hospital.  My expectations are kind of low.  Parents will be protective and I am likely to scare some of the kids. It will be interesting to watch the interactions between family, patients and staff.  In the US the hospital will consider the developmental stages of the children and try to keep them on track for meeting milestones and needs.  I don’t know if that is the case in China.

This weekend there was a lunar eclipse.  I guess it started around 9:00pm. The moon was completely obscured by 10:00pm  The students from Tibet were banging on pans and screaming during the eclipse.  We think they were trying to scare away evil spirits.  I don’t think they scared anything away but sleep.  I put in a few pictures of the eclipse and a picture of my roommates and the father of one of the girls.  He was in Shanghai for a few days doing business and made us dinner a couple of nights.  Our Korean roommate made us sushi-mi.

Kurt 

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