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Registered Nurse Carole Covey sitting in a plane with a jumpsuit on and a helmet. She is looking out of the window.My SpecialtyFlight Nursing, Carole Covey, PHI Air Medical GroupDelivering emergency care on the (rotary) wing...goes by where we don’t end up in San Francisco. Last week, on a single shift, I flew to Reno, Nevada; Bishop, California; and Los Angeles! Flying in the airplane...
Illustration of the Centaur hospital ship sinking with people swimming around it. On the right, there is a photo of Ellen Savage in a dress and cap smilingProfiles In NursingEllen Savage (1912-1985), Australian Nurse Who Rallied a Nation at WarShe survived the sinking of a hospital ship during WW2...her “conspicuous service and high courage,” she was awarded the George Medal in August 1944. Six weeks later, the submarine that sank the Centaur was herself sunk by an American...
Registered Nurse Marti Sillman sits on an office chair in purple scrubs smiling at the cameraMy SpecialtyCorrectional Nursing, Marti Sillman, LA County JailHow nursing has evolved and how it is practiced today in L.A. City JailsMarti Sillman, RN Correctional Nurse Medical Services, City of Los Angeles What was your early nursing career like? I attended a four-year, hospital-based diploma nursing program in Bryn Mawr, Pa....
Nursing Book ClubInfectious Madness: The Surprising Science of How We Catch Mental Illness by Harriet A. WashingtonJust enough science to make it dangerous...with streptococcal infections.” PANDAS syndrome includes a number of psychiatric disorders such as OCD, Tourette’s and anorexia occurring in children following a Group A streptococcal infection. Susan Swedo, M.D., a...
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...health and diet. As the waters receded and people reestablished their homes, she also offered instruction in proper sanitation practices. Despite the primitive conditions, this public health effort prevented the...

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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...California’s 22nd Congressional District, encompassing Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and parts of Ventura County. (It’s now the 24th District.) When Walter died of a sudden heart attack less than...
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...Born to a pioneer family in Humboldt County in 1904, Alford earned her nursing degree from the University of California in 1926, followed in 1946 by a master’s from Columbia....