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 4, 2001
| Duck feet in gravy is now “normal”. Not because I eat it regularly, but because something else has replaced it as “strange”. Fish guts pickled in salt and served chilled now takes over the title of “strange”. The past ten days I have had a variety of foods: fish guts, a variety of fish,eel, squid, shrimp, crab, pigs ear and tripe (more guts) served in a spicy Sichuan sauce, pork, beef, lamb, a traditional thanksgiving dinner, and a whole lot of stuff I can’t remember. Fu Rong’s (roommate #1) dad was in town for a few days and loves crab. It is river crab season in Shanghai so we have been eating a lot of it.Tough week in the hospital. I am observing the ER for the next couple of weeks. Last week a couple of patients didn’t make it. I could tell by the EKG that one was not going to survive. The patient knew as well. About 30 minutes after arriving a tombstone pattern started to appear on the EKG monitor. A bad night for the family. After this next week I either go to pediatrics or OB. I will miss our teacher in the ER. She is patient with the students, answers questions and teaches every opportunity she gets. She loves what she does and it shows. I have enjoyed the stay in China, but I can tell it is about time for me to come home. I have 15 weeks left in the hospital and then a couple of weeks for travel.
I am really going to miss some aspects of my time here, and a couple of people in general. I have been sick for a few days so I am a little melancholy. Right now I would love a long drive. God’s good. Random ending. Kurt Anyone thinking about visiting Shanghai? Dates between April 15 and 25 are good. |
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