Luminaries of the Past: Stories of Fifty Extraordinary Nurses

Product Description
Nurses work in hospitals, clinics, and schools. They work on cruise ships and at summer camps, and they debate in the United States Congress. They are scientists, inventors, and authors. They care for newborns when they take their first breath and the dying when they take their last. Nurses work everywhere, yet much of their work is unknown to the public.\nLearn about 50 remarkable nurses who changed the world and saved lives.
Review
Nurses save lives. Nurses prevent disease. Nurses promote health and wellbeing. "Luminaries of the Past: Stories of Fifty Extraordinary Nurses", written by;Mary Beth Modic and Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, both of whom are nurses, contains the stories of nurses who changed society. The nurses they have written about saved the lives of soldiers on the battlefield, fought for racial and social justice and revolutionized the way healthcare is delivered today. Modic and Fitzpatrick's book invites the reader to learn about the obstacles many overcame to become a nurse and the legacy they each left on the profession of nursing and the health of the world. \nWith support from the Marian K. Shaughnessy Nurse Leadership Academy, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University; this children's book is designed for middle-school children to introduce them;to the extraordinary work of these nurses. -Ann Collins, Book Reviewer
About the Author
Mary Beth Modic, DNP, APRN-CNS, CDCES, FAAN is a Clinical Nurse Specialist and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist. She loves being a nurse and teaching people with diabetes how to take the best care of themselves so they can remain healthy. She, along with Dr. Fitzpatrick, designed an empowerment program for clinical nurses that helps them celebrate their contributions, to patients, their communities, and the world. She is the mother of six children and lives in Brecksville, Ohio, with her husband, Mark. Her favorite pastime is reading to her grandchildren.\nJoyce J. Fitzpatrick, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN, FNAP, is Director of the Marian K. Shaughnessy Nurse Leadership Academy and Elizabeth Brooks Ford Professor of Nursing, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) in Cleveland, Ohio. She is an award winning author with over 400 publications, including more than 80 books. She is a Living Legend in nursing. She has two daughters and three grandchildren, Penelope, Augustus, and Calliope.