Lessons I have learned (so far)

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Kathleen Dracup, LW Hassenplug Professor of Nursing, UCLA School of Nursing, Los Angeles, Calif., began her nursing career as a candy striper while still in high school, and at that time she decided she wanted to work in health care. She decided nursing was the field for her because nurses had a more holistic view of patients and placed emphasis on emotional aspects of illness and concern for families. A charge nurse with whom she had discussed her plans once told her, "Whatever you do, don't major in minor things." She tried to apply that in her work as a critical care/trauma nurse and an academician. She has been named a transformational leader in nursing.

Personal narratives, College faculty, Nursing schools, Critical care medicine

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Discoverer, teacher, friend: a tribute to Marguerite Kinney

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Marguerite Kinney has been one of the most articulate speakers in nursing according to colleagues Sandra B Dunbar, professor, Adult and Elder Health Dept, Nell Hodgson Woodruff, School of Nursing, Emory Univ and Patricia Hooper-Kyriakidis, PhD, RN, asst professor, Dept of Physiological Nursing, Univ of California at San Francisco. Dr. Kinney is also a brilliant scholar, inspirational teacher, nurturing mentor, tough negotiator and a skillful risk-taker according to some former students and colleagues asked to speak about her as a transformational leader.

Appreciation, Personalities, Cardiovascular disease nursing, Kinney, Marguerite

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Agency for Health Care Policy and Research: clinical practice guidelines for heart failure

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Guidelines for the care of heart failure patients may standardize their management and improve cardiac outpatient services. The 1994 clinical practice guidelines recommend the use of ACE inhibitors for patients with heart failure caused by left ventricular dysfunction. Initial evaluation should assess left ventricular ejection fraction, while subsequent evaluations should determine the patient's overall physical and mental health. Counseling and education of both patients and family members are necessary to promote compliance and understanding.

Care and treatment, Analysis, Practice guidelines (Medicine), Heart failure

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