July 2009 - Posts

Miracles Happen! Haiti Graduates First BSN-Prepared Nursing Class
July 21, 2009 12:36 PM by Valerie Newitt

"Some people thought this would be a dinky little school," laughs Ruth Barnard, PhD, RN, former University of Michigan professor who, upon "retirement," accepted the challenge of helping to establish a BSN-granting nursing school on the island of Haiti. Read More...

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Nursing a Dream: RN Takes Can-Do Attitude to Haiti
July 1, 2009 5:27 PM by Valerie Newitt

Ruth Barnard, PhD, RN, was about as far away from Haiti as a person could get in her cold, blustery hometown of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Newly retired from her professorship at the University of Michigan School of Nursing in 2000, she was ripe for a new challenge. Read More...

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