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Katherine Buckner Avery sits in an old car with a gown and hat onProfiles In NursingKatherine Buckner Avery (1896-1982), Nightingale of the BayouThis Tabasco Sauce heiress was a champion for the underserved...graduated in 1921. By 1927, after several years in varied posts, including hospital, industrial and school nursing, Avery joined the Louisiana Public Health Service as an American Red Cross nurse,...
Emma Cushman poses with three children. They are all wearing black outfits.Profiles In NursingEmma Cushman (1863-1931), Saving World War I OrphansPistol-packing guardian angel for the young victims of the Armenian Genocide...she received her training at a hospital in New Jersey, Emma Cushman lived most of her life outside the United States, doing medical missionary work for the American Board of...
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...Her original interest was obstetrics, but she soon moved into hospital administration, holding positions at Stanford and later Peralta Hospital in Oakland. Alford took an early interest in local nursing...

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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...for several other hospitals and finally with dying patients at the Marie Curie Hospital in Hampstead. Later Career Despite her attraction to the work, Worth did not remain in nursing...
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....