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5 Women Nursing You Need to Know About Today

Scrubs

She is also the founder of the nonprofit organization, Partners in Health and Navajo Nation COVID-19 Relief. Pat Cullen Cullen is the general secretary and chief officer of the Royal College Nursing, which has been organizing strikes in the U.K. All her work as president of the organization is unpaid and performed on a volunteer basis.

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Meet the New President of the AANP: Stephen A. Ferrara

Minority Nurse

What do you look forward to most at the helm of one of nursing’s most influential organizations? It’s just great to be leading the largest NP organization that represents over 355,000 nurse practitioners across the U.S. And I give kudos to my colleagues who are on units in hospitals. Can you talk about that?

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Essential Qualities and Characteristics of a Good Nurse

Relias

As new nurses enter the workforce, identifying and encouraging specific nursing qualities helps healthcare organizations recognize strong candidates for hire and understand which of their current nurses would make great leaders. With well over five million RNs in the U.S.,