Questioning the chains of habit
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Elizabeth Hahn Winslow, PhD, RN, FAAN, research consultant, Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, Texas, attributes part of her success in her journey to her selection as a transformational leader in cardiovascular nursing to her experience among the Navajos, southwestern native Americans, as a field health nurse. She learned the importance of holistic care, family, culture, environment and values, and began to think of the body and the mind as body-mind. Her bedpan research convinced her nurses should should do what they ask patients to do.
Publication Name: Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
Subject: Health care industry
ISSN: 0889-4655
Year: 1998
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Cardiovascular clinical specialist: insights and inspirations
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During her career as a cardiovascular clinical specialist, adversity served as a stimulus according to Susan J. Quaal, PhD, APRN, CVS, CCRN, assoc clinical professor, Univ of Utah Health Science, Salt Lake City, Utah, cardiovascular clinical specialist, Dept of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City. She attributes much of her success on the path to becoming a transformational leader in cardiovascular nursing to many mentors along the way.
Publication Name: Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
Subject: Health care industry
ISSN: 0889-4655
Year: 1998
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