Nurses who became famous

[Epona]

Good morning. I was reading on cnn.com this morning about author Malcolm Gladwell's new book that discusses why some people become famous and why others just blend in the crowd. I was wondering... are there any nurses who became famous after being a nurse?? Like did any become noted advocates, influential public officials, or maybe even moviestars?? :thankya:This is a fun question and I am just curious if any nurses out there that you know of had a brush with fame.

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[twistedpupchaser]

Has everyone forgotten Auntie Flo' (Nightingale)?

As for the others mentioned I havn't heard of most of them. On the male forum there is talk about an RN on the Ultimate Fighter, is that famous?

[Toquay]

Not sure if this counts... Fred Schultz who was married to Lawrencia Bambenek "Run Bambi Run" became a respiratory therapist. Sad sad story.

Toq

[mcknis]

Sad that Terry Schiavos husband was a nurse and he still put his wife through all that torture...oh well. but there was also Walt Whitman famous author/poet was an army nurse.

[Morettia2, BSN, RN]

Robert DiNero's wife is a nurse!!!

[Valerie Salva, BSN, RN]

Naomi Judd of The Judds was an RN. She had Hep C and believes she contracted it from a dirty needle stick when she was an RN.

One famous nurse/Mediao star did Mediao while she was working as a nurse- there was a big court case over it.

Here's a news article about her.

http://www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/19990810Media4.asp

[Keepstanding, ASN, RN]

wynona judd or her mother.....can't remember her name !

[Valerie Salva, BSN, RN]

Stephen Hawking's now former wife was a nurse.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

Governor Rick Perry, of Texas, has a wife who is a nurse.

Congresswoman Lois Capps is a nurse.

[Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN]

Naomi Judd of The Judds was an RN. She is Hep B pos, and believes she contracted Hep B from a dirty needle stick weh she was an RN.

http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/index.htm

Naomi Judd had Hep C and now says she is completely cured.

http://www.naomijudd.com/hepc.php

"I worked as an ICU nurse and I received a needle stick," Judd says. "That is how I was infected.

Risk factors include:

• Blood transfusion prior to 1992
  
• IV drug use
  
• Snorted cocaine or other drugs using a shared straw or bill
  
• Hemodialysis
  
• Tattoo or body piercing
  
• Shared razor or other personal items that could carry HCV
  
• Exposure to blood in the workplace or military

[Keepstanding, ASN, RN]

wynona judd or her mother.....can't remember her name !

just came to me......naomi judd the country singer.

[Valerie Salva, BSN, RN]

That was posted several posts ago. :)

[DoeRN]

Actress Jenny McCarthy was in nursing school before she became famous. She did not finish though. I watched her on the Biography channel.