Newswise — Johns Hopkins Nursing Fall/Winter 2006 investigates what it means to be a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON). Features and articles examine the "brand" of Hopkins Nursing, Hopkins nurses as team players, and the school's outreach to nurses in crises. http://www.son.jhmi.edu/jhnmagazine/fall2006/
The "Hopkins Nurse" BrandWhat makes a Hopkins Nurse unique? Is it her passion for learning, research, and patients? His commitment to evidence-based practice? Her ongoing pursuit of excellence? Hopkins nursing alumni, their colleagues, teachers, and employers say the Hopkins nurse "brand" is all of these"¦ and more.http://www.son.jhmi.edu/jhnmagazine/fall2006/pages/fea_hopkinsnurse.htm
Go, Team, Go!Teamwork is essential to good nursing. Seven Hopkins nurses share how they have honed their teamwork skills, in activities ranging from scuba diving to college football.http://www.son.jhmi.edu/jhnmagazine/fall2006/pages/fea_goteamgo.htm
Refuge in Time of CrisisIt was to be the academic experience of a lifetime: Five nursing students from the American University of Beirut were selected to come to Baltimore for a seven-week clinical residency program. Collaboration was the order of the day when war broke out suddenly last summer in Lebanon, stranding the five visiting nurses at Johns Hopkins.http://www.son.jhmi.edu/jhnmagazine/fall2006/pages/fea_refugecrisis.htm
Second Opinion: Why Did You Choose Nursing? Readers share their opinions on why they entered the nursing profession. More than 40% say they made their choice based on a desire to help and care for others. Other top responses include the wide range of career options, and interest in the health sciences, and job security. In the poll for the next issue, readers are asked, "If you've ever recommended Complementary and Alternative Medicine to a patient, what factor(s) prompted that recommendation?" http://www.son.jhmi.edu/jhnmagazine/fall2006/pages/secondopinion.htm
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