Nurses who became famous

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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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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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Don't know if many are aware of her but Edith Cavell is noted for helping Allied servicemen escape from German hands in WWI. She was lauded for her bravery. (She was eventually shot by the Germans). She was a nurse and a heroine of mine.

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Don't know if many are aware of her but Edith Cavell is noted for helping Allied servicemen escape from German hands in WWI. She was lauded for her bravery. (She was eventually shot by the Germans). She was a nurse and a heroine of mine.

Shockingly I've never heard of her. I just googled her after reading this and I am very impressed. Of all the war movies and all the war heroes memorialized, it is a shame that she is not better known (in this country).

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No her family (parents and sister, and brother) put her through all that torture. He tried to have her made a DNR and they wouldn't let him. He wanted her off the tube feed, and they kept getting court orders for her to remain on it. So he didn't torture her. Her family did. He tried to stop them.

Was going to post this myself, but didn't want to turn this thread into a debate. But, you're right. :)

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Don't know if many are aware of her but Edith Cavell is noted for helping Allied servicemen escape from German hands in WWI. She was lauded for her bravery. (She was eventually shot by the Germans). She was a nurse and a heroine of mine.

We studied her life in nursing school. I admire her, too.

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OH! I didn't know Bonnie Hunt was a nurse, COOL! Naomi Judd was an RN, too.

Ohh wow...is that how she picked up Hep C?? Sorry if the answer has already been posted...

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Sara Douglass a well known aussie fantasy author used to be a nurse as well.

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Sara Douglass a well known aussie fantasy author used to be a nurse as well.

I read her books! The series about the people with wings...whatever it was called.

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Echo Heron!!!! Author of several books, and a couple of them were based on real life!

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