Shifting Gears

My friend Giang was a teenager when she immigrated from South Vietnam to the United States in 1969. Fluent in French as well as her native tongue, she quickly mastered “proper” English, but American slang and idioms were harder to grasp. When taking the on-road test for her driver’s license, the examiner said, “Go ahead, back up.” Perplexed, she asked: “Which one? Go ahead? Or back up?” Today—decades after first hearing her story—I see these as p ivotal questions for nurses planning a run for office.
Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Under the Dome Source Type: research