Nursing News & Articles

Maura Abbott, PhD, AOCNP, CPNP-PC&AC, FAAN, has been appointed as the new Dean of the MGH IHP SON. ​

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​Mary P. Fisher ‘71 published her first book, The Other Side of Nursing: Lessons I learned from My Patients, in 2024.  Mary met with Mary Larkin and Jo-Ann Quigley and discussed her journey to authoring this insightful book, which she hopes may help new nurses who may find themselves in a similar situation.

For more information on Mary or her book, click here.

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How Mass General Nurses Have Pioneered the Field of Nursing Since 1873; See July 2024 Article HERE.

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MGH Nurses in the Vietnam War; see November 2024 article HERE.

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Nursing Outlook May 2024 published a manuscript authored by NAA historians Mary Larkin and Susan Fisher and Dean of IHP SON Dr. Ken White on the founding of the school:  Post-Civil War modernity and the nurse training movement: The “Experiment” of the Boston Training School for Nurses - ScienceDirect

 

The MGH Bench Press News https://mgriblog.org/ published an article about Ward 4 nursing history (April 2024) and a feature on Margaret Reilly RN, MGH class of 1916 a pioneer in Dermatology Nursing (May 2024). These articles are the result of a collaboration between the NAA (Susan Fisher and Mary Larkin) and staff of the communications team of the MGH Research Institute.

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Inge Corliss interviewed Barbara Dunderdale and Ann Collins for the article “1873 The Founding of the MGH School of Nursing”. ANA MA Report on Nursing November 2023 Volume 22 Number 4.  p 4. Click HERE 

The IHP’s John Shaw, Director of Communication, wrote a comprehensive article, “Celebrating a Legacy of Nursing Education Excellence”.  Click HERE

 

Dr Kim Glassman class of 1976 delivered the annual Petzold Lecture on April 1, 2024.  Click HERE.  Photo below.