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Profiles in NursingRep. Lois Capps, RN, BSN, M.A.From bedside to divinity school to the House of RepresentativesMany nurses take an interest in public policy, but only a handful have actually run for office. One of those illustrious few is Lois Capps, RN, BSN, M.A., who recently retired after 20 years in the U.S. House of Representatives. Mrs. Capps Goes to...
Profiles in NursingChristiane Reimann (1888-1979) and the International Council of NursesThis headstrong heiress was a realistic visionaryA quick review of nursing history reveals that many of our forebears were formidable personalities. No one liked to cross Florence Nightingale or Dorothea Dix, and the same could certainly be said of Christiane Reimann. Descriptions of her range from...
Profiles in NursingCicely Saunders, Founder of Modern Hospice CareAlthough she was a nurse for only a short time, Cicely Saunders devoted her life to serving patients in their final days. Her work transformed our understanding of palliative care, demonstrating that with proper support, terminal patients can find peace,...

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Profiles in NursingMarian Alford (1905-1989), Nurse OrganizerTaking action to improve conditions for nursesHard work, low pay. In 1966, nurses earned an average of $5,200 year (about $38,000 today). Low wages and poor working conditions led to a controversial strike of nurses in California that year. Pictured above, student nurses at Mount St. Mary’s...
Profiles in NursingJennifer Worth (1935-2011) and “Call the Midwife”Her experience in ‘50s and ‘60s London became a bestselling memoir and popular BBC TV seriesA throwaway line in a 1998 article in the Midwives Journal, suggesting that someone ought to do for midwives what James Herriot’s All Creatures Great and Small had done for veterinarians, inspired Jennifer Worth to memorialize her years as a nurse...
FeatureSix Ways to Improve Collaboration on Nursing TeamsThe goal is to overcome obstaclesIs your unit made up of soloists who’d rather not join the choir? Not only is that lack of collaboration frustrating, it can negatively impact everyone involved — including the patients and families who are counting on you all to work as a team....