Any Palestinian American nurses or nursing students out there?

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Give a shout out if you're a Palestinian American RN or student nurse. We need to be recognized and perhaps even be friends.

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hey, palestine in the house. im a palestinian american. i start in feb. nursing school at kbcc. where do you go? shabbychic

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Specializes in Med/surg.

Hi aminaasad

It's a pleasure to know that there exists another Palestinian American student nurse and/or RN. We are definitely under-represented as a cultural group in this profession.

By the way, my name is Najah and I'm a senior at Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing. I'll be graduating this June.

What exactly is the full name of the nursing school you'll be starting at?

Anyway feel free to contact me if you need any kind of help. Lot's of luck with your nursing education.:nurse:

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Hi Najah nice to meet you. My name is Amina. I go to kingsborough I started there FEB. 2007 I took the NLN in Jan. and I just got accepted into their nursing program, I start the program on feb 26. Im real excited and nervous too I probably will take you up on that offer of help. Thank you, and youre right we are missed represented. When ever I meet someone new especially in school and they ask where am I from and get theyre suprised because they think middle eastern especially Palestine what do think they think? Terrorist, Hijab, and antisocial? Well anyway this is what need more people like me and you.

I went to Hunter for a year,18yrs ago, OMG thats along time ago!!!

So after 17yrs married 3 kids later I decided it was time to go back.I went to Hunter to get my transcript and I just felt like that was not the place for me.. it was the place for me back in 1989 but not for the Amina of 2008 dont get me wrong Hunter is great school and their nursing program is phenominal. Good for you that youre almost done way to go:grad::yelclap:

By the way what village is your family from.

My family is from Beit Hanina.

Good Luck and keep in touch.

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Hey Amina,

Listen, don't feel bad. I'm much older than you and I decided to go back too. So, it takes much more courage to do what you and I did.

My dad's village is Bir Nabala and my mother is from Brazil. I know so many people from Beit Hanina and I wouldn't be surprised if we might have met before. Anyways I'm going to put you down on my buddy list so that we can constantly keep in touch. Good luck in nursing school and I hope you'll love it. Let's try to spread the word around to more women of our heritage because Palestinian patients need us.

Take care.:nurse:

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Im going to put you on my buddylist also. I would love to exchange email with each other. My first day of spring semester is the 26th and its clinical day. im really psyched and I cant wait. The nursing dept. makes up the schedule for the first semester and they gave me evening clinicals 4-11pm :yawn:. thank god my husband is supportive so hes going to help out with the kids. Any advice or pointers would be much appreciated.:up:

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hi najah nice to meet you. my name is amina. i go to kingsborough i started there feb. 2007 i took the nln in jan. and i just got accepted into their nursing program, i start the program on feb 26. im real excited and nervous too i probably will take you up on that offer of help. thank you, and youre right we are missed represented. when ever i meet someone new especially in school and they ask where am i from and get theyre suprised because they think middle eastern especially palestine what do think they think? terrorist, hijab, and antisocial? well anyway this is what need more people like me and you.

i went to hunter for a year,18yrs ago, omg thats along time ago!!!

so after 17yrs married 3 kids later i decided it was time to go back.i went to hunter to get my transcript and i just felt like that was not the place for me.. it was the place for me back in 1989 but not for the amina of 2008 dont get me wrong hunter is great school and their nursing program is phenominal. good for you that youre almost done way to go:grad::yelclap:

by the way what village is your family from.

my family is from beit hanina.

good luck and keep in touch.

bir nabala yakhtee! hey amina my fellow lutheran co-worker. what a small world! sorry it took so long to answer.;)

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