Famous nurse of today?

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I'm supposed to do a paper on a famous living nurse...but I can't find anything! All I find are the typical ones, who are dead. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!!

OMG! I forgot about her! lol! If that's the case, lol...how about the runaway bride.....you know the one with the huge eyes who pretended to be kidnapped and had to do community service to repay all the police for looking for her.......oh what's her name!!! She was from down south...lol !

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Trauma, Ortho, Neuro, Cardiac.

Naomi Judd.................just kidding. Good thread. :)

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Specializes in Cardiac/ED.

When I was in the military back in the 80's there was a Brig General Adamsender or Adamzender something close to that she was in charge of the nurse corp and one of the highest ranking females in the military at the time...very nice lady.

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Specializes in Pediatrics- Adolescents.

I was going to say Jean Watson, the theorist but someone beat me to it!

Unis' love it when you discuss theorists!

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Specializes in Trauma.

How about Dr Carnegie? She is an African American RN who has been through nursing starting with segregation. I sat with her at NYU just last week and heard how she was one of the voices for black nurses in the very beginning of time. She was the first black nurse to be elected into a black nursing association. She was outspoken and did a lot for African American nursing today as well as nursing today. She is VERY interesting and although isn't practicing, a very good role model for all nurses. Check out her biography here:

http://www.cpnahs.howard.edu/nursing/MEC/Biography%20M.Elizabeth%20Carnegie.htm

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Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.

ana:hall of fame

american academy of nursing: http://www.aannet.org/fellowship/ll/history.asp

persons influenced my practice + nationally affected nursing practice:

donna wong, phd, rn, pnp, cpn, faan pediatric nursing expert

co-creator of wong baker faces pain rating scale

http://www.mosbysdrugconsult.com/wow/

chris pasero, ms rn faan pain mangement expert and educator

one of founding members american society for pain management nursing

http://www.ampainsoc.org/awards/2006/pasero.htm

m. louise fitzpatrick, ed.d., r.n., faan, dean and professor of nursing at villanova university college of nursing

outstanding leadership in nursing education

http://www.villanova.edu/nursing/newsevents/news.htm?page=2004_10_17.htm

luther christman: a maverick nurse - a nursing legend ...

there are many nursing living legends ---just look!

google search:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=ggic%2cggic%3a2006-49%2cggic%3aen&q=nursing+living+legends&btng=search

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i read last fall about this nurse who was one of the first to go with hospice and nursing with the terminal pts..if i can find the article i will repost

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Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.

how could i forget to list joy ufema

who's educated so many with her death and dying column in nursing magazine welcome to joyufema.com!

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Specializes in ER.

For Pete's sake, BRIAN is pretty famous. And I bet he'd do an interview.

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