… 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 … the ANCC as a Family Nurse Practitioner. Ms. Merino’s clinical experience includes medical surgical and telemetry nursing, with specialties inkidney transplant, stroke, neurosurgery, and family practice. Her career also includes positions as a … 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 …