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Linda Richards young and oldProfiles In NursingLinda Richards (1841–1930), The First Graduate of America’s First Nursing School...her medical studies in Germany, wanted to reform nursing in America after observing the work of the nurses and deaconesses at Kaiserswerth Deaconess Institute in Düsseldorf. Dimock brought her idea...
Illustration of Agnes Jones portrait in the center, with images of different urban and rural scenery around herProfiles In NursingAgnes Jones (1832-1868), English Workhouse Infirmary ReformerIn the age of Dickens, her efforts led to the reform of English public healthcare...ministry, often administering bible readings along with bandages. In 1860, she entered the Kaiserwerth Deaconess Institute near Düsseldorf, Germany, where Florence Nightingale had trained some years earlier. Although her mother...
Researcher in a lab is using a syringe to fill a beaker on a counter. She is wearing a white lab coat and glovesNursing & Healthcare NewsCOVID-19 VaccinesWill a vaccine be the answer?...can afford. The cost will be steep. As Elizabeth Rosenthal warned in a recent Kaiser Health News article, pharmaceutical companies can — and very well may — charge hefty prices...
Black woman wearing a mask and looking to the right of the camera. The background is blurry and the whole photo is in black and whiteNursing & Healthcare NewsRace, Mistrust and PandemicsSurvey finds Black Americans wary of potential COVID-19 vaccineOne of the big questions about any COVID-19 vaccine is whether people will take it. A new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) and ESPN’s The Undefeated found that...
A nurse is giving a vaccination to an older black man as he looks towards the cameraNursing & Healthcare NewsPromoting Vaccination ConfidenceNurses can help build public trust in the fight against COVID-19...experience with patients, family and friends can ease any doubts they may have. According to Drew Altman, Ph.D., president and CEO of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, which has...

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