by oaapn | Jul 6, 2016 | News and Updates, Uncategorized
She is known for introducing nurse-midwifery to the United States, the skills that reduced the highest maternal mortality rate in the nation to below average. While she was well respected and educated for her time, Mary Breckenridge also suffered great tragedy in her...
by oaapn | May 12, 2015 | General, Uncategorized
Often called “the founder of nursing”, Florence Nightingale was born to a wealthy family in Italy, 1820. At the age of 24, she felt a calling to care for the sick and the poor. While many know she had an impact on nursing, many may not know how significant that impact...