… elevate the nursing students to become critical thinkers, compassionate, empathic, and life-long learners; the qualities that embody a good nurse. Professor Du is provided a platform to teach and mold the nursing students to be the nurse that the … is to live a compassionate life of dignity, integrity and meaning while remembering we are all a part of something larger than ourselves. Jade Valmonte, MSN, RN, CPN Program Director/Chairperson/Professor Professor Jade Valmonte joined East Los … 2002. I hold a National Board Certificate with the American Academy of Nurse Practitioner Credentialing Center. I have 20 plus years as a nurse educator teaching registered nursing students and have taught in a license vocational program. My …