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Nurse Travels From Paradise to ‘End of the World'
August 21, 2009 10:07 AM by Valerie Newitt
Ah, Waikiki. It is the stuff dreams are made of. Pacific surf pounding down on sandy shores, magestic volcanic mountains - blanketed in tropical greens - jutting up toward the heavens. But Joe Niemczura, MSN, RN, was dreaming of another destination when Read More...
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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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