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NUS nursing students Benedict Choong and Jessica Tan hope to become advanced practice nurses who are trained in the diagnosis and management of chronic diseases in the future.
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With their string of As, Ms Jessica Tan, 19, from Hwa Chong Institution, and Mr Benedict Choong, 21, from Raffles Institution could have vied for places in medicine.
But both opted for nursing and started on their degree programme last month at the National University of Singapore (NUS).
