Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine

On-line edition of the magazine of the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
and the Johns Hopkins Nurses' Alumni Association

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Inaugural issue
Spring 2003
Vol. 1 | No. 1

© Eric Westbrook

Bedside Appeal
By Melissa Hendricks
In the face of a national nursing shortage, leaders at the School of Nursing and Hopkins Hospital together are grappling with the challenge of making bedside nursing a “destination career.”

When Injuries Speak, Who Will Listen?
By Jeff Labrecque, A&S ’95
The hot new field of forensic nursing — equal parts detective work, medical know-how, and compassion — is taking off at Johns Hopkins, under the leadership of nurse-turned-crimefighter Dan Sheridan.

Remembering Vashti Bartlett '06
By Danielle Sweeney
An exhibit at the School of Nursing celebrates the life and work of an adventurous young nurse, whose travels in the early 1900s took her all over the world, to remote regions wracked by war and epidemics.

Hill's Side

Second Opinion
What is one of the greatest challenges facing nursing today? Our readers weigh in.

On the Pulse
Applications double in admissions … Toward greater equality of care ... One goal, many cultures ... An ambitious undertaking in accreditation ... Global connections — and more

Live from 525
A student in the 13-month accelerated program tells why she moved 3,000 miles for nursing at Johns Hopkins

Bench to Bedside
Measuring soy’s impact on menopause ... When the battered are men ... Examining links between violence and substance abuse ... Better breast health for Korean American women

Vigilando

Defining Moments

Staff
Editor: Kate Pipkin | Writer: Ming Tai | Editorial Assistant : Jacquelin Gray|
Consulting Editor: Sue DePasquale | Design: Kathryn Vitarelli, Alumni Magazine Consortium

Mission
Johns Hopkins Nursing is a publication of the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and the Johns Hopkins Nurses’ Alumni Association. The magazine highlights the activity of alumni, faculty, and students from the School of Nursing. The magazine will track Johns Hopkins nurses and tell the story of their endeavors in the areas of education, practice, and scholarship, including research and national leadership.

Send correspondence to:
Kate Pipkin, Editor
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
525 N. Wolfe Street Baltimore, MD 21205

Phone: 410.955.7552 Fax: 410.614.9704
email: pipkin@jhmi.edu