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Nursing Book ClubThe Cannabis Manifesto: A New Paradigm for Wellness by Steve DeangeloMaking the case, not always persuasively, for the wellness benefits of marijuana...I need to have an informed opinion on the subject. EDITOR’S NOTE: While California and 34 other U.S. states have legalized at least some use of marijuana, federal law still...
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...the first public health nurse appointed in Iberia Parish. The Levies Break 1927 was the year of the Great Mississippi River Flood, one of the worst natural disasters in United...
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...Nursing Caucus and served as co-chair of the House Cancer Caucus; the Congressional School Health and Safety Caucus; the Health Task Force of the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues; and...
A picture of a pink building on the left and a photo of Christiane Reimann on the rightProfiles In NursingChristiane Reimann (1888-1979) and the International Council of NursesThis headstrong heiress was a realistic visionary...be united. Founded in 1899, the ICN was originally a federation of national nursing organizations. Because of the early ICN leaders’ close ties to the women’s movement, several nations were...

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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...She made St. Christopher’s an open and airy place, emphasizing peace rather than pain. Over the entryway was a window with a plaque dedicated to David Tasma. Although it went...
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...
Five nurses in different scrubs stand next to each other smilingFeatureSix Ways to Improve Collaboration on Nursing TeamsThe goal is to overcome obstacles...barrier to good teamwork. Mutually beneficial relationships depend on the sharing of information, which makes it vital that team members listen to one another and reinforce the value of each...