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Lois Capps as a House Representative on the left, in front of an American flag. On the right, with a nursing cap on, she is smiling away from the cameraProfiles In NursingRep. Lois Capps, RN, BSN, M.A.From bedside to divinity school to the House of Representatives...a year later, Lois decided to run for his now-vacant seat. Although she had no legislative experience, Capps had been what the Santa Barbara Independent later called “the emotional center...
Cicely Saunders bends over to talk to her older, female patient lying in a hospital bedProfiles In NursingCicely Saunders, Founder of Modern Hospice CareCicely Saunders created Palliative care...time would listen seriously to a nurse. She responded by enrolling in medical school, again at St. Thomas’ Hospital. After earning her medical degree in 1957, she became an expert...
Multiple nurses stand around a patient in a bed. They are wearing white dresses and nursing capsProfiles In NursingMarian Alford (1905-1989), Nurse OrganizerTaking action to improve conditions for nurses...California that year. Pictured above, student nurses at Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles, 1966.   When we think of labor strife in the United States, we usually think of...
On the left is Jennifer Worth in a nurse's uniform and hat looking up, on the right is a nurse holding a baby in Call the MidwifeMovie & TV NursesJennifer Worth (1935-2011) and “Call the Midwife”Her experience in ‘50s and ‘60s London became a bestselling memoir and popular BBC TV series...no medical help for the poorest of the poor, and a woman and her baby survived or died unattended,” she later wrote. Their example led Worth to develop a lifelong...
Five nurses in different scrubs stand next to each other smilingFeatureSix Ways to Improve Collaboration on Nursing TeamsThe goal is to overcome obstacles...by California’s Nursing Practice Act. Strong coordinated efforts — including interdisciplinary relationships — are also part of the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s “exemplary practice” requirement for organizations seeking Magnet status....