coll. - Nursings Greatest Leaders

Contents

1. 1. Exemplary Nursing Leadership
   David Anthony Forrester
2. 2. Florence Nightingale: Where Most Work Is Wanted
   Frances Ward
3. 3. Mother Mary Aikenhead: A Life of Vision
   Deborah Cleeter
4. 4. Clara Barton: Angel of the Battlefield
   Karen Egenes and Frances Vlasses
5. 5. Margaret Higgins Sanger: The Law Shall Be Broken
   Patricia K. Hindin
6. 6. Sister Elizabeth Kenny: Conviction and Controversy
   Mary Kamienski
7. 7. Clara Louise Maass: Servant Leader Undaunted
   Carol Emerson Winters
8. 8. Dorothea Lynde Dix: Privilege, Passion, and Reform
   Barbara Ann Caldwell
9. 9. Lillian D. Wald: Pioneer of Public Health
   Mary Ann Christopher, Regina Hawkey, and Mary Christine Jared
10. 10. Mary Breckinridge: Angel on Horseback
    Denise M. Tate
11. 11. Edith Louisa Cavell: Courage in the Face of Duty
    Barbara J. Patterson
12. 12. Nurses Leading Change: The Time Is Now!
    Susan W. Salmond and David Anthony Forrester

David Anthony Forrester, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, is professor, Division of Nursing Science, School of Nursing, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey. Dr. Forrester graduated with a BSN from the University of Texas System School of Nursing, with an MSN from the University of Texas at Arlington, and with a PhD in research and theory development in nursing from New York University. Dr. Forrester is a widely known scholar who serves as a peer reviewer for a number of professional/scholarly nursing journals; he has published extensively on a wide range of topics, including HIV/AIDS; critical care family needs; aggressiveness of nursing care at the end of life; gender-related health, including health of minority men and women; falls risk assessment and prevention in the acute care setting; nursing leadership; and nursing history. He is a fellow of the National League for Nursings Academy of Nursing Education and the American Academy of Nursing. He is an active member of a number of professional and scholarly associations, including the American Nurses Association, New Jersey State Nurses Association, National League for Nursing, New Jersey League for Nursing, and Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI). Dr. Forrester served as the leader for the international faculty of the STTI Nurse Faculty Leadership Academy.

A History of Activism

David Anthony Forrester, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN

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Nursings greatest leaders : a history of activism / [edited by] David Anthony Forrester.

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ISBN 978-0-8261-3007-5ISBN 978-0-8261-3008-2 (eBook)

I. Forrester, David Anthony, editor.

[DNLM: 1. NursesBiography. 2. History of Nursing. 3. History, 19th Century. 4. History, 20th Century. 5. LeadershipBiography. WZ 112.5.N8]

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This book is dedicated to my loving husband, Kevin, who makes me a better person, and to all nurses everywhere who choose to be leaders.

DAF

Contents

Susan B. Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN

David Anthony Forrester

Frances Ward

Deborah Cleeter

Karen Egenes and Frances Vlasses

Patricia K. Hindin

Mary Kamienski

Carol Emerson Winters

Barbara Ann Caldwell

Mary Ann Christopher, Regina Hawkey, and Mary Christine Jared

Denise M. Tate

Barbara J. Patterson

Susan W. Salmond and David Anthony Forrester

Contributors

Barbara Ann Caldwell, PhD, APN-BC, is professor, Division of Advanced Nursing Practice, and specialty director, PsychiatricMental Health Program, School of Nursing, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey.

Mary Ann Christopher, MSN, RN, FAAN, is president, Strategic Transformation in Health (STH) Consulting, Avon, New Jersey.

Deborah Cleeter, MSN, EdD, RN, is chief executive officer of the Sawgrass Leadership Institute, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

Karen Egenes, EdD, RN, CNE, is associate professor and chair, Health Promotion Department, Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois.

David Anthony Forrester, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, is professor, Division of Nursing Science, School of Nursing, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey.

Regina Hawkey, MPA, RN, NE-BC, is senior vice president and chief of provider services, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, New York, New York.

Patricia K. Hindin, PhD, CNM, CLC, is assistant professor, Division of Advanced Nursing Practice, School of Nursing, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey.

Mary Christine Jared, MS, RN, PMHNP-BC, is a nurse executive and a board-certified psychiatricmental health nurse practitioner, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, New York, New York.

Mary Kamienski, PhD, APRN, FAEN, FAAN, is professor, Division of Advanced Nursing Practice, and specialty director, Family Nurse Practitioner and Family Nurse Practitioner in Emergency Care Programs, School of Nursing, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey.