Through a wider lens
Throughout Joanne Disch’s career, the Honor Society
of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International has been a constant.
Recently named board chair of AARP, she shares her perspectives
on leadership.
by Leslie Flowers
Reaping the benefits
of mentoring
If one mentoring program is good, two must be better. After
completing one mentoring program offered by the Honor Society
of Nursing, Julie Snethen took the advice of her mentor and signed
up for another. She’s glad she did.
by Jane Palmer
Upward and inward
In climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, East Africa, to
help raise awareness of and funds to combat Alzheimer’s
disease, the author learned that her upward journey was also an
inward one.
by Claudia K.Y. Lai
Development of nursing
and midwifery in Africa
Fifty years after nursing education became part of the curriculum
in a South African institution of higher education, the author
reflects on what has been achieved and challenges her colleagues
to reach even further.
by Leana Ria Uys
Men in nursing: Still
a new frontier
Men comprise roughly 5-6 percent of the U.S. nursing force,
and the percentage is even lower in pediatrics. At Cincinnati
Children’s Hospital Medical Center, they’re trying
to change that.
by Cindy Duesing
Evelyn’s story
When you’re a nurse and the patient is your mother-in-law,
your personal role and your professional role may conflict at
times. When the author found herself in that situation, it became
an opportunity to learn and teach.
by Sue Idczak
A lasting legacy of nursing research
Two decades after U.S. government-sponsored nursing research
moved from the Division of Nursing to the National Institutes
of Health, two nurses who observed the process pay tribute to
those who laid a lasting foundation for American nursing research
and research training at the federal level.
by Diedre M. Blank and Patricia Moritz
Nurse-managed memory
disorder clinic puts the emphasis on respect
Unique in the state of Florida, a nurse-managed memory disorder
clinic that offers both diagnosis and treatment is an example
of what nurses can accomplish when they dream big dreams.
by Ruth M. Tappen
Cultural immersion reveals
common bonds
When nursing students from the United States traded the hills
of Missouri for the volcanic mountain ranges of Ecuador, they
thought the people would be different, too. Come to find out,
they were much the same as themselves.
by Susan M. Hinck and Kathryn L. Hope
