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This podcast was an interesting listen for sure. I also appreciated being able to learn about multiple nurses and other types of health providers and caretakers throughout history. I liked that Ravenne Aponte attended an ABSN program, just like our class. I read many of the bios on the nurses in the reading. Some of the most interesting individuals that I enjoyed reading about were; Nella Larsen, Dame Ruth Nita Burrow, and Charlene Platon.

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I appreciated Ravenne Aponte’s statement that she didn’t have time as a nursing student and new graduate floor nurse to have important conversations about race, gender, and economic disparities. In many fields, not just nursing, workers having the time and ability to discuss change and confront problems is against the interest of their employers. The host of the podcast noted that if nurses didn’t “show up” society and the economy would suffer. If nurses collectively decided to change the field of nursing large groups like the AMA, private hospitals, the pharmaceutical industry, and insurance groups would probably feel threatened. On a smaller scale (within individual hospitals) nursing management and hospital administration might feel threatened. While local and hospital unions are common, I wonder why nursing as a whole seems disorganized or divided. On the Clio website I read about the life and work of Crow nurse Susie Walking Bear Yellowtail. Her story of becoming a nurse, midwife, and patient advocate out of NECESSITY due to medical abuse against herself and her community is shocking and inspiring. The Clio website is a far more honest account of nursing history than is currently taught and an awesome resource for any nursing student to explore. I hope that Ravenne Aponte turns it into a teaching tool for nursing educators as she mentioned in the podcast.

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I’m really glad and excited to know about the work Ravenne Aponte is doing, and that they have a list of ideas still to do! It’s crazy that some of the nursing programs are still so dated with their information when we have all the emphasis on evidence based practice. I was frustrated that Ravenne pointed to something that isn’t accurate, that is being taught in a nursing program and that all this history she had just learned was just glossed over.

I’m excited about the website, Nurses You Should Know. Browsing it is so interesting, reading different articles, finding links to other resources and tools like NurseManifest that is having a live discussion this Saturday called “Overdue Reckoning on Racism in Nursing”, Breaking Bias in Healthcare, and the Revolutionary Love Learning Hub. I love stories and history so I already dove into some of the articles and I’m looking forward to more. I’m also excited to continue exploring the Amplify Nursing Podcast which seems awesome as well. These are all valuable resources and I’m excited to continue exploring. Claire B. https://bemorewithanu.thinkific.com/courses/breakingbiasinhealthcare

https://nursemanifest.com/ongoing-overdue-reckoning-on-racism-in-nursing/

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I really enjoyed hearing about Ravenne's change in education, similar to what all ABSN students experience. I got my first undergrad degree in nutrition and food sciences, and knew that I would eventually go into healthcare. It's cool to see how everyone's previous experiences in education and work are applicable in other fields.

I read about Iro Araki. She graduated from one on the first nursing programs in Japan. She went on to further her education in Virginia and Maryland. When she returned to Tokyo she was superintendent and head of the nurses training program. I thought her desire to work in several different positions was admirable.

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Listening to Ravenne’s career path in the podcast and her decision to pursue a second degree in nursing reminds me of all the background and experience everyone in this program holds from their first degree. Although it may have taken us extra time to find out nursing as our ultimate career path, Ravenne incorporates her African American studies education into nursing and tells us that our past is an added experience in our life, not a waste. I also like that she wants to give more recognition to those who weren’t as known in history despite their accomplishments.

I read the story of Rebecca Chan Chung, who was a Chinese American military nurse. I am inspired by her strong family values and passion to serve as a nurse in major events. I don’t usually find many recognition for nurses in the Asian heritage, especially historically, so it was a nice surprise to see a figure I could relate to. I found her determination very admiring.

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The podcast with Ravenne was fantastic, and I appreciated that she was enrolled in a second-degree nursing school just like we are. Hearing about the job she does with her two degrees and how she utilizes it to help others learn was quite encouraging. Her experience has really motivated me to go above and beyond just providing bedside nursing for all of my patients, who come from a variety of backgrounds.

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I think Ravenne Aponte finding her way to nursing after originally getting a degree in African American studies is powerful in the sense that she can use both her degrees to educate others about the racism, sexism, and patriarchy found in nursing/medicine. Being able to listen to the conversation on the podcast was a nice change from our typical articles. I think discussions provide more education than just simply reading.

Irnise Fennell Williams, a nurse attorney caught my eye for a couple reasons. I thought her multiple roles as a nurse helped to further her passion and proved just how much she really cared for the people in her community. From a mental health research and peri-operative nurse to obtaining an internship in policy and research and becoming a zumba instructor, Irnise always strived to care for others in her community. The part of her background that really touched me was the fact that she became a nurse attorney in which her office offers multiple services for malpractice. This really resonates with me after losing my dad due to malpractice while in nursing school. Her work is absolutely inspiring.

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After reading Esther McCready article, it really encouraged me to finish school. She knew exactly what she wanted to be, and she didn't let racism get in her way. Even after getting accepted to nursing school, she faced many obstacles from both peers and professors, but did not let that get in her way.
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These accounts are such an immediate reflection of how how rich and diverse the backgrounds, motivations, professional roles, and possible impacts of nurses can be. There is the stock image of the bedside nurse in scrubs, who I am excited to be for a while! But these databases allow us to meet nurses doing such different, important, and interesting things with their degrees beyond the hospital!
I was intrigued by the story of social worker and association founder Jane Edna Hunter, who identified barriers to access for herself and her community members and took tangible steps to create change. My background is in social work and while I am really excited about the hard tangible skills and interventions offered by nursing, I am always drawn to the social issues that arise around this work. Jane Edna Hunter's story is an example of how healthcare interacts with all aspects of a person's life and how nursing interventions can take so many different forms in so many different contexts.
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Nurses You Should Know and Goldie Brangman-Dumpson

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I enjoyed learning about the Nurses You Should Know project. I think it's an important resource for anyone but in particular people of color to gain inspiration to pursue a career in nursing. Like other posters have mentioned, seeing someone else that looks like you or someone from a similar background, or life experiences be successful makes it seem possible to accomplish that too.
I really enjoyed reading about Goldie Brangman-Dumpson. I didn't learn about the field of Nurse Anesthesia until I started nursing school. It was really fascinating and inspirational to read about her story and the history of the Nurse Anesthesia School at Harlem Hospital.

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When I listened to Ravenne Aponte's story of how she found an ABSN program and read my other classmates posts, I saw how common this path is. Like her, I knew I wanted to work in healthcare early in high school, but I wasn't sure what exactly I wanted to do. I majored in public health, and began taking prerequisites that could help me with whichever path I chose. When I realized I wanted to do nursing, it was too late to transfer so I decided on an ABSN program. Ravenne's story is very inspiring, and also shows how having a past degree in something outside of nursing can help make someone provide even better patient care. There are so many options in nursing, and our different backgrounds can help us connect to our patients. My degree in public health helps me to understand disease prevention, community health, and also has helped me through the pandemic.

I also really liked the nurses you should know blog. I didn't recognize any of the names, and I wish we had been shown this earlier in our classes. It is amazing to see the diversity in nursing and all of the different roles you can take on as a nurse.

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I resonated with Ravenne's story as she went back to school for a second bachelor's degree after getting a degree in something else. While my first degree's will aid me as a nurse, her first degree in African American studies gives her a very different view that I simply don't have as a white woman. I love hearing about individuals and their paths with second degree nursing programs as there is so much variety among all of us. I personally never have been interested in learning about history and I'm not sure why because I know how important it is to prevent recurrent issues in our country and nation through the truth of the history and mistakes previously made. While I'm not surprised, I am saddened that the history of nursing has been white washed similar to everything else in history.

I read about Goldie Brangman-Dumpson and her experience in nursing starting in 1943. During WWII there was a shortage of anesthetists so surgical residents taught nurses how to give anesthesia. Goldie ended up liking it, and going on to get her CRNA, but discussed that she ended up having to go to school in Tennessee as the hospitals near her in New York were not accepting black students. After completing her degree, she actually was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. anesthetist after he was stabbed during a book signing. She went on to become the director of the Harlem Hospital School of Nurse Anesthesia for over 30 years while concurrently working at Harlem hospital for another 45 years. What an amazing woman!

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Ravenne Aponte's story of how she chose to pursue a second bachelor's degree in nursing really resonated with me. Nursing was not offered at the liberal arts college I attended for my first degree, and I didn't know what I wanted to do with my life as an 18-22 year old anyways, so it probably wouldn't have mattered much if it had. I do remember struggling to narrow down which courses to take, however, because there was so much that I wanted to explore from many areas. While it took me a decade to get around to the ABSN, it is nice to hear about others who made the conscious choice to spend the extra time to get fulfill their curiosity about matters that are less directly applicable to gainful employment.

I chose Irnise Fennell Williams from the Nurses You Should Know list because I was interested in learning more about the intersections between nurse and attorney. I spent a year of my misbegotten youth in law school before coming to my senses that I did not actually want to be a lawyer. Ms. Fennell Williams is an inspiring entrepreneur and has found a great niche putting both her degrees to work. I think I'll stick to the bedside though!

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I was floored at the breadth of some of these people's careers -- like Rose Lim Luey was a nurse for SIXTY FIVE YEARS. Holy heck. But more importantly, I'm so impressed with how much they were/are able to accomplish with so many more barriers then they should have had. While these are examples of fabulous careers, it makes me curious, and a bit sad, to think about what else they could have done if not presented with barriers of racism, sexism, and ignorance.

It also makes me realize how little we've actually learned in this program. I don't believe one name on the NYSK list was ever mentioned before this assignment.

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I really appreciated Ravenne Aponte’s emphasis on making history accessible in order to connect it to practice. I think it is true that while nursing is a very dynamic profession, there can often be a separation between mastering nursing tasks such as blood pressures, etc. and the complex theories and backgrounds that may be less concrete as a nursing student, but are just as if not more relevant. For example, my background is primarily in reproductive health, and learning about the complex history of forced sterilization of minority communities using various birth control methods definitely influenced how I counseled people on birth control options, and it changed my internal dialogue when a person declined birth control. Knowing nursing history is not just interesting or “nice to know” - it is essential to providing quality care.

Another point that stood out to me was how all children need to see themselves in all settings. We tell children that they can be “whatever [they] want” when they grow up, but how believable is that if the only nurses we advertise look like Florence Nightingale? This got me thinking about how wildly controversial Halle Bailey playing Ariel in the live-action remake of The Little Mermaid has been, and despite all of the racist and ignorant comments that have been made (because, of course, mermaids are real and should be portrayed with historical accuracy), there is also a lot of support and joy for Bailey’s incredible talent, which the interviewer highlights as equally important to the stories of these incredible nurses featured on Nurses You Should Know as their struggles.

The article I read was about Goldie Brangman-Dumpson, who was not just accepted, but dominated the world of nurse anesthesists. She co-founded the Harlem Hospital School of Anesthesia and filled the program with the diversity other school’s refused to encourage. The school was not only successful, but residents at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital sought out their trauma training there. Goldie Brangman-Dumpson was also the nurse anesthesist on the surgical team that saved Dr. King’s life after a brutal stabbing, and her expertise resulted in a positive outcome.

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Amplify Nursing Podcast and Nurses You Should Know Project

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I enjoyed the assigned multimedia pieces this week for class, specifically aimed at developing our more than necessary critical eye to the stories we hear again and again. I have always felt frustrated in education and curriculum that teaches you narratives you have to consistently challenge. The essence of Florence Nightingale at this point represents how skewed and structurally racist every facet of education seems to be. It is so important to bring to surface narratives of non-caucasian pioneers, and shed light and appreciation on the hard work of those whose legacies have been scribbled out. I appreciate the Amplify Nursing podcast as well as the Nurses You Should Know digital campaign for doing the work to alter the stories that history has seemed to get stuck on. Specifically, nursing is a field that seems to be slow in transformation. Even in this current ABSN cohort, I have noticed many problematic narratives and protocols that are taught and assumed correct. It is so refreshing to spend my energy doing work that is actually productive to my betterment as a care provider, not simply busy work to get the degree. It is disappointing that most of the program has not included conversations like this in our curriculum. I enjoyed reading through various stories of individuals of color that have contributed to the betterment of care for all identities and backgrounds. One person in particular, Rachel Radyk, caught my eye. Radyk serves as an indigenous nurse navigator, working with hospitals to support indigenous clients from admission to discharge. It is so essential to have representation in healthcare- patients need to have the opportunity to be cared for by people who understand their culture, individual needs and potential traumas. Indigenous people are consistently denied autonomy and respect, and Radyk's role as a navigator between patients and care providers must make a world of difference in care received. I hope to continue and follow platforms that amplify the voices of those doing the work needed to progress healthcare in the right direction. Thank you for pointing us towards these resources!

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As I listened to the first few minutes of the Amplify Nursing podcast, I noticed how similar my nursing school journey was to Ravenne's. I too come from a family full of healthcare professionals; I was lost on which carer path (PA, medical school) to take. I was on track for a BS in psychology but didn't feel I had my heart in it. When I discovered I could apply to a second-degree program, I switched my major to health science studies and began to take my nursing prerequisites.
I felt a lot of what Ravenne discussed in the rest of the podcast was genuinely inspiring. She incorporated her background in African American studies and applied it to her everyday practice. Ravenne even mentioned how she noticed a disconnect between the history of nursing and the act of practicing nursing. I felt this caught my attention, as many don't seem to pay attention to that detail. Her continuous efforts to combine her passion with her career are motivating for all.
I think the Nurses You Should Know blog is a great platform to connect with other nurses and highlight the contributions colored nurses bring to this profession. I also admire that the message behind this blog is about professional equity and feel that this should not only apply to nursing but to all workplaces as well.
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While listening to the podcast I loved how Ravenne Aponte discussed the ABSN program and her prior experience with African American Studies and Health Disparities. She recognized how in nursing school the information was really “white- washed,” and she questioned how true the information presented to her was. In addition to this, I took away how versatile a degree in nursing can be. I realized there is so much more to nursing than bedside care and it made me think about what more I can pursue as well. One of the things I love about this project is not only is there an emphasis on the past but also the present work being done.

The story I chose to read was about Major Della Hayden Raney Jackson who attended Lincoln Hospital School of Nursing which was one of the first Black nurse training programs. This story showed me the challenges she faced even beginning her career, and how she fought for her position in the Army Nurse Corps because she was denied for being a Black woman. This blog is such an important space and should be utilized more in nursing education!

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Wow, the Nurses You Should Know project is incredible. I feel so inspired and thankful to have this resource available to us, it is an incredible collection of stories of nurses of color which helps to breakdown the white-centric viewpoint and Nightingale legacy in modern nursing.

I am inspired by Ravenne Aponte and her work on the project and am motivated to read and learn these stories. I was particularly drawn to the story of Virginia Sneed Dixon who served as a nurse during WWII. I had a suspicion while clicking on her story that I might find reference to nurses of color stationed particularly along the Burma Road in China, the same area plagued by incredible equipment shortages during that time, which I read about for our other assignments this week. Her story on NYSK says that it took two weeks at least of travel to arrive at this posting – wow!

I appreciate so much the interdisciplinary perspective that Ms. Aponte brings to her work as a nurse and historian. As someone who also has a background in history (albeit very different from Ms. Aponte’s), I am always excited to see how nursing can be applied to so many different fields.

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I really enjoyed the podcast. Ravenne uses her first degree to help educate others and that is truly special. I love how she did a second degree program as well. She really got me thinking about my first degree and how I can use it in my future with nursing.

I enjoyed reading about all of the nurses that we should know! there are so many different nurses who have had huge impacts. I love how they are of all cultures and backgrounds. Enough about Florence, lets focus on nurses who truly had a positive impact on nursing.

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Nurses You Should Know Reflection- DeAnna Martin

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I enjoyed the podcast with Ravenne Aponte and learned that nursing history is its own field. I think nursing history is an important field because we really need to analyze where we have been to see where we are going as a profession. When performing the general Google search on the history of nursing, we are really only seeing the broad strokes when we really need the more nuanced stories to get a better understanding of the entire history of nursing. Every story is important and is needed for us to move forward as a profession and recognize the changes that we need to make to improve for the benefit of both nurses and patients. She presented a great point that as a new nurse she was concerned about getting familiar with what was needed to thrive on the floor of the PICU and did not have time to contemplate the larger picture of nursing. We too, will be new nurses concerned with the ins and outs of our unit, but we should also do our due diligence to be mindful of those who have come before us and to be the person who can be an agent of change for the better for the patients and nurses that will come after us.

When looking at the blog posts, I did not recognize any of the names listed. I was particularly drawn to the more current nurse profiles like Irnise Fennel Williams, Charlene Platon, and Anna Maria Valdez. I find Irnise Fennel Williams particularly inspiring as a nurse attorney, and I do hope she will be able to really make social changes that benefit clinicians and patients alike. I also appreciate the ingenuity of Charlene Platon as a CEO & Co-Founder of the Fifth Window app for assisting with the well-being of nurses. We talk a lot about self-care and it is nice to see that there is someone who is trying to make a concept more tangible in the form of an app.

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Amplify Nursing Podcast and NYSN Website

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I enjoyed listening to Ravenne Aponte speak about how she integrates her passion for history into nursing. It is obvious how passionate she is about changing the narrative, seeking the truth about "white-washed" information and how it fits into nursing.

The Nurses You Should Know website is awesome! I enjoy that the site mentions nurses from both the past and present. I enjoyed reading the story about Angelina Nguyen, Nurse Researcher & Educator. She pioneered research to explore the cognitive and affective dimensions of perceived risk for developing type 2 diabetes mellitus in Vietnamese Americans with pre-diabetes.
She is hoping to develop a diabetes prevention program that is appropriate for Vietnamese Americans and other Asian American ethnic groups.

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Nurses you should know- Rachelle Encarnacion 

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The Nurses you should know is a great blog that has highlighted the work of many great nurses. Many of the name I had never heard of before. One nurse in particular being Susie Walking Bear Yellowtail. Susie not only served as an advocate for her community where she noted the lack of cultural awareness within the Indian Services and the lack of adequate care for those outside of the reservation, but she also was a found member of the Member of the American Indian Nurses Association. Knowing Nightingale's beliefs regarding "barbarian' indigenous people and white christian superiority it is important to reflect on the nurses who worked to help their communities especially in the time

I was pleased to learn about what has motivated Ravenne Aponte to purse this  work and what she hoped for in this project. As I highlighted in in my exit ticket, representation matters and the work she is doing is certainly providing that. In a field where health disparities and racism is ever-present, we are in need of nurses of all difference backgrounds to ensure patients are receiving culturally competent care.

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In the Podcast, I like how Ravenne Aponte transferred into Nursing History after saying she got bored doing a few years of bedside nursing. I can understand the repetitiveness of this type of nursing and how it could become boring. It is one of the reasons that I really enjoyed getting to experience the OR and all of perioperative care as all patients are different and it is not the same patient day in and day out. I also found it interesting using a previous degree to make positive changes in healthcare. As a ABSN student it allows us to take a look at how we can apply our first degree into nursing in order to make positive changes or enhance care whether it is in person or some form of digital change. A perfect example of this would be the development of tele-health.

On the Nurses You Should Know page I chose Charlene Platon and really enjoyed learning about how her goal is to transform healthcare delivery to limit nurse burnout and improve the overall experience for patients and healthcare workers. She wants to empower nurses and help to discover creative solutions to industry-wide challenges. This will help to promote nursing innovations such as through the use of her digital wellness platform Fifth Window in order to offer their great developmental ideas they have to help with the well-being of all healthcare workers. I think that this is a great idea and use of technology as a means to better our working environment and prevent nurse burnout.

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This interview was a great example of what makes the ABSN special. Ravenne Aponte has been able to incorporate her expertise in African American Studies and health disparities into her subsequent work as a nurse, teaching others and sharing stories that too often go untold.

As discussed in the Exit Ticket, who writes history, how history is written, and who it's written about have a huge impact on the trajectory of the field. So the Nurses You Should Know blog is huge in that it's - I believe - correcting the wrong of primarily telling the stories of upper-class white women.

One of the first stories I read was that of Esther McCready, who, while living under the "separate but equal" proviso of Plessy v. Ferguson, sued the state of Maryland and its governor again and again until she was admitted to the University of Maryland School of Nursing. Since she held all the requirements for admission, their only reason for denying her was that she was black. Once admitted, she had to fight every day to get through it - one of her instructors told her, "No one here is for you". Though nursing often portrays itself as a progressive profession, relying on evidence and working toward the betterment of all, it's so important to note that we are all subject to oppressive biases; plastering over that reality rather than shining a light on it only allows its legacy to fester. Esther's battle was a big step toward the Brown v. Board of Education ruling declaring segregated schools unconstitutional, though, of course, de facto segregation still exists all around us.

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What I took away from the podcast and blog is the work that Ravenne and others are putting into showcasing the diversity that has and continues to exist in the nursing profession. During her talk on the podcast she mentioned connecting the past and the present which does a lot to help new nurses or prospective nursing students see that there is more to nursing than what is perpetuated in healthcare. Like the podcast mentioned, the blog was great at highlighting those nurses who don't usually get the spotlight but are doing great work in their communities. It will be a great resource to have in the future to share with others that might have not come across it. I also liked how they discussed how sometimes the depictions of nurses of color have been bleak and dark and they wanted to make the blog inspiring with their presentation and I believed they achieved that. It will be interesting to see how they finish the project and continue in other ways.

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Reflection on Amplify Nursing Podcast & Nurses You Should Know Blog

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I found Ravenne Aponte’s comments about how nursing history has been “whitewashed” on point as this was obvious when conducting our Google search about the “History of Nursing.” It’s fantastic that Ms. Aponte’s passion for nursing history inspired her to continue her doctoral education. Ms. Aponte highlighted that racial disparities are prevalent in healthcare as many medical professionals are taught to follow a “one-size fits all” framework when treating patients rather than providing true patient-centered care. The “Nurses You Should Know” blog is an exciting project that will make accurate nursing history more accessible to all educators and future nurses.  I agree with Ms. Aponte that we can reshape how nursing is viewed by acknowledging its barriers. By doing so, we can make the career field more accessible to all. I have already started diving into the “Nurses You Should Know” blog and have found it a great resource.

One of the first nurses I selected on the “Nurses You Should Know” blog was Rachel Radyk, a Public Health Nurse and Indigenous Nurse Navigator. In Ms. Radyk’s current position she serves as a liaison between Indigenous clients and the health care team, supporting clients from admission to discharge. Her story stood out to me because I have a particular interest in American Indian and Alaska Native rights and their culture as it relates to healthcare. Ms. Radyk was quoted saying, “The first step in reconciliation is to learn the history that wasn’t taught to us.” This quote ties everything together that we have been researching this week. This is a fantastic website and I will be perusing it often!

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The podcast was very entertaining to listen to! I admired the way she merged her love of history with her career as a nurse. It was enjoyable to hear her describe in detail how she used her degrees to teach others. I believe that Florence Nightingale's work is the main focus of most nursing programs (which of course, is important). But it doesn't go any farther than that or take into account the contributions made by people of color to the history of nursing. I therefore greatly appreciated her discussion of the contributions of people of color.

Many of the blog's stories caught my attention. Overall, I believe this is a fantastic platform for nurses to use to discuss information or other social issues that are frequently seen in the healthcare industry. It was fascinating to read the many posts and learn about the contributions that nurses from various origins and locations have made to their communities!

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I really appreciated Ravenne’s interview on the Amplify Nursing podcast as she was energetic, insightful, and honest which made it an easy listen. I was able to relate to her experience of knowing that she wanted to work in healthcare, possibly as a PA at first, as I had a similar experience. I admired how Ravenne was able to point out inconsistencies from what she learned in her first degree with what she was learning in nursing school, and then going so far as to want to create a change. I love her idea of creating a catalog of nurses from various backgrounds because I feel as if this profession is oftentimes overlooked in terms of accomplishments when compared to say physicians. Or that nurses are “just nurses” when many times they have so many other hats that they wear. I hope that this “tool kit” Ravenne is creating to aid educators lead discussions on non-white nursing history will hopefully help new nurses provide better, more culturally competent, diverse care to patients from all backgrounds.

One story from the Nurses You Should Know blog that captured my attention was that of Goldie Brangman-Dumpson. It was admiring to see that she became a nurse anesthetist just 6 years after completing her nursing program, aided in starting an anesthesia school, and then became the director of the nurse anesthesia program for 30 years. What a full circle moment.

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I really enjoyed this podcast and appreciate when we're assigned multimedia materials, rather than only readings.
Through the recorded discussion, it was clear that there was a common language and shared experiences between the host and Ravenne.
I appreciated that they spoke both about their own experiences as well as what they have learned from those they've come across in doing their work/research. I applaud Ravenne for not only talking about their own research and experiences but taking the time to lift up those who have not had the stage to tell their stories and share their experiences.
Another challenge they spoke about was how do we make discussions of the history of nursing applicable and approachable to the modern day nurse. So often the "modern nurse" feels disconnected from the history that birthed the profession. I'm curious how they plan to go about bridging that gap.

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My Take Away of the Podcast: “Nurses You Should Know”

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I have always held the belief that history that is currently being presented, has been one sided.  I never understood the need to separate, US History, World History and African American History or any other ethnic or cultural history, as if these histories occurred in individual bubbles, never intersecting.  In emphasizing the contributions of one figure in history, we  diminish the  contributions of others and in some cases, lose the historical contributions all together.  I must commend Ravenne Aponte, her peers and those volunteers that have decided to undertake the project of “Nurses You Should Know.” During this interview, Ravenne Aponte, admitted that they have a list of nurses that they are still compiling information on, prior to adding them to this site.  Given the extensive history of nursing, it may take decades to recover, publish and commemorate all of the contributions made by nurses, but at least they have begun.

I look forward to seeing a completed book detailing all of the contributions of nurses, regardless of their ethnicity that can be utilized as full account of Nursing History.  As nurses have repeatedly been at the forefront of innovation, it is only a natural progression for nurses to be at the forefront of not rewriting history but providing a detailed accurate depiction of history which includes every race and gender equally.

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Listening to Ravenne Aponte's interview made me realize how important history is in order to enact necessary changes. While I don't care for a lot of the nursing history, it's imperative that we acknowledge and learn from the fact that what we currently know as nursing, wasn't always meant to serve everyone across all communities. Realizing that current healthcare issues are linked to history can help us make decisions on how we can make the future of healthcare better.

When I clicked on the Nurses You Should Know link, I was happily surprised to see that the first four nurses were Asian. I began reading about Rose Lim Luey, an Asian-American born in Oakland, CA in 1929. As a daughter of Chinese immigrants, Luey started her nursing career in 1951 as one of the first Chinese-American students to attend Samuel Merritt Hospital School of Nursing. In her 65 years as a nurse, she had various jobs such as being a founding member of Asian Health Services, serving as chair in a chapter of the American Red Cross, helped facilitate care for new Vietnamese arrivals to California towards the end of the Vietnam War, and so much more. Luey worked tirelessly for this profession and continued to be a voice until she passed at the age of 90. I was so happy to read these nurses' stories, as their stories are just as important in the history of nursing.

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This podcast was impactful because I got to hear more about nursing through Ravenne's eyes, especially during her time in nursing school and how she noticed the curriculum was primarily focusing on the history of white nurses. I think it is amazing how she is using both her degrees to change the narrative of what nursing was and is, and ways to get rid of the sexism and racism that remains prevalent. We need more people like her to bring awareness and education of the history of nursing in a way that is all encompassing and accessible to nursing students and nurses alike.

I read about Iyo Araki who was enrolled in one of the first nursing programs in Japan. Her legacy is extensive including her efforts during an earthquake that saved every patient in that hospital due to her quick thinking, becoming superintendent of nurses at a training program, and working for the Red Cross by leading a nursing unit for soldiers in the Czecho-Slovak Army. Reading this article leaves me with more curiosity about nurses who pioneered the way yet did not receive the recognition they so deserve.

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I really enjoyed listening to Ravenne Aponte’s Podcast. I feel that it is super beneficial to listen to other people’s stories and experiences because it really can help others., especially this class being a second degree. It it nice to hear her explain that she uses both her first degree as well as her second degree to educate others. It does inspire me and others on what we can do with our background in nursing. Her experiences in African American Studies is beneficial in nursing and it is something that can help educate others.

While looking through the articles, I thought they were all very informative and interesting. It was interesting to read different experiences about nurses with different backgrounds. It is a great resource for nurses, student nurses, educators, and everyone else. It can help people learn about the social issues that nurses face and how a lot of these nurses were the first. They helped paved the world of nursing there is today.

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I commend Ravenne for pursuing both of her passions for African American studies and health disparities and nursing. I’m glad that she shed light on the contributions that black people had on nursing in history and the disconnect between real history as a whole vs what is actually being taught in the curriculum. Unfortunately in nursing school, we only receive a small snapshot of the history of nursing that predominantly focuses on Florence Nightingale. For example, the curriculum does not focus on Mary Seacole and her contributions as much. I think that it's a great idea that Ravenne is creating a toolkit to help facilitate this discussion to inform future and present educators and students.

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Amplifying Nursing Podcast & Nurses You Should Know - Alicia 

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I really enjoyed the podcast! I loved how she incorporated her passion for history into nursing. It really made appreciate that the nursing field encompasses every part of life and people can utilize their nursing skills in many capacities. Her story really inspires me to do more than bedside nursing and really try to advocate more for all of my patients who come from all walks of life.

The blog is fantastic! I cannot believe how many nurses I never learned about, especially those from various backgrounds and ethnicities. This really inspires me to continue my nursing journey, but it will also helps other children of color have people to look up to who look just like them. The story of Goldie Brangman-Dumpson was very interesting because she was a co-founder of the Harlem Hospital School of Anesthesia. I found it so interesting that she was one of the nurses who helped Martin Luther King Jr. after he was stabbed. From my perspective, it is very rare to see Black people in leadership roles, especially in nursing. Her story really opened my eyes to the opportunities that are available to people like me, even if it may be more difficult for me to get there. If these nurses can, than so can I.

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When listening to the podcast, the first thing that stuck out to me was how Ravenne reflected on her educational experience in her ABSN program at University of Florida. She noted that most of her nursing education was rooted in whiteness and even when material was presented about other racial groups, she would often find it inaccurate. The reason this stood out to me is because over the course of the last year, we've sadly seen a lot of this in our very own ABSN program here at UMass. I always felt like Massachusetts was one of the more progressive states, especially compared to Florida, but it is clear that we aren't doing enough either. It seemed to occur far too often that students had to specifically ask the professor to expand on content as it may relate to other groups rather than it already being part of the curriculum. In addition to this piece, there were many valid points that Ravenne made about the importance of knowing our nursing history and applying it to our practice. I particularly liked how she made the distinction about how it is "more than just black and white nurses" and there are so many nurses from other groups that have trail-blazed nursing and are hardly ever known. I love the project she has created and seeing how much more there is to know beyond Florence Nightingale. I look forward to perusing the blog further and keeping this as a resource for continued learning about nursing history.

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I personally love podcasts. They bring an element of rawness and truth. More personal and intimate.
Knowing our history can be the key ingredient in uncovering possible solutions to the many disparities experienced in healthcare.
Major Della Hayden Raney Jackson - not only was she the first African American Chief Nurse in the Army, she earned the impressive rank of Major! Despite being denied and I'm sure subjected to racism and harassment, she never turned her back on her mission.

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I really enjoyed listening to Dr. Aponte and learning about her work with nursing history. Something that really stood out to me was when she discussed how important knowledge of nursing history is to understanding healthcare disparities.

One of the nurses I read about on the Nurse's You Should Know site was

Mary Yone Akita, one of the earliest Japanese American nurses. Mary Yone Akita sought to improve healthcare accessibility of Japanese citizens in a time of extreme racial segregation during world war II.

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I really enjoyed listening to the podcast and reading the blog post on these nurses whose stories are rarely told as a part of nursing history. I personally enjoy podcasts and the way they can convey a story and tell first hand experiences.
I was interested in the blog post about

Major Della Hayden Raney Jackson, the
first African American Chief Nurse in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. Her story was inspirational in the way that she continued to fight for the right to serve her country and advance the military nursing field even after she was repeatedly turned down because she is an African American women. This story is one that should be told, but one we find left out of many of the history books. As a future nurse, it is nice to learn more about other women that have shaped and influenced this profession and these posts and podcasts were a great way to do so.

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I enjoyed hearing about the importance of learning and providing the resources to learn about different stories in nursing that are not heard about because they are not the picture of nursing that is usually highlighted in school or in media. A blog post that I enjoyed reading was about Goldie Bragman-Dumpson who Co-Founded the Harlem Hospital School of Anesthesia, especially since the school admitted many students who were excluded from other schools because of their race.

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I enjoyed listening to the podcast and hearing her experiences firsthand. I think hearing her story relates to many of us as we are pursuing a second degree program as well. It is important for us as future nurses to acknowledge that diversity still exists and we need to do our best to help minimize it. It was comforting to hear how she incorporates her other degree into her nursing practice.

I enjoyed reading about nurses we should know. The one that stood out to me the most was Anna Maria Valdez. Her article talked about how she is passionate about racial and social justice and health equity. These topics are popular nowadays because there has been an absurd number of incidences with racial and gender injustice. It is nice to hear how there are other people out there who are fighting for equal rights.

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I really enjoyed this podcast, and learning about the blog and the reasoning behind the series. Bridging the stories of past and present nursing and highlighting nurses beyond the black and white paradigm. I also appreciated the piece that Dr. Aponte brought up about not every nursing educator being a historian, so creating tools to help bring the nursing history to students in a more accessible form. This is such an important platform and her blog is bringing a unique and much needed approach to the nursing education. Additionally, I really enjoyed reading the stories of Nurses you Should Know, as it is so interesting learning about the nurses who paved the way and made influential and impactful actions outside of Florence Nightingale.

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I really enjoyed this podcast and think that her thoughts were very well stated. I can’t agree more that we need to continue to fight to diversify the current ideas many have regarding nursing. I also agree that Florence Nightingale overshadows a lot of other fabulous women who have made powerful contributions to nursing. Additionally, having a second bachelors is an example of diversity itself in the idea that it’s not a requirement to have a previous medicine-based degree to become a nurse. What matters most is the passion for the profession and the desire to care for others.

I browsed through a couple of the articles about the other nurses. I wish these were more publicized and spoken about rather than Florence being the sole foundation of nursing. Many of these nurses attributed to some of the most impactful “firsts” in nursing and in their communities. I also enjoyed reading about the different opportunities we have with our nursing degrees. With many of us still undecided about our future pathways, it was nice to get a few alternative ideas.

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I thought the podcast was very well spoken and further expanded my ideas of how our education is perceived by a diverse demographic. I thought Dr. Aponte’s description of our education as being white washed was spot on with what I’ve experienced.

I think diversifying our definition of nursing is a critical component of our education. Although Nightingale made important contributions to nursing as we know it today, it behooves us to have multiple role models. I enjoyed reading about Rose Lim Luey, an Asian American nurse for 65 years (wtf). Luey served as a bilingual public health nurse in the Bay Area of SF, volunteered at a monthly podiatry clinic, and established a fund to award scholarships to the Samuel Merritt School of Nursing. Luey was a volunteer for the American Red Cross as disaster nurse chair for 20 years. She advocated for bilingual nurses to ‘keep it up.’ It is important to read about Luey because of her advocacy for learning to speak different languages, something I would never have understood from our exposure to Nightingale.

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The main takeaway I got from this podcast and the blog is that nursing school doesn't do enough to combat white supremacy in our curriculum. We have so much information on Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton, but barely anything on the nurses spoken of or shown on the blog. How can we expect the image of nursing to change from someone like Nightingale if we aren't even making the change in our own nursing education?

Listening to the podcast, particularly when discussing Nightingale, I was reminded of ethical issues I addressed in my first degree. My first degree is in anthropology, which has its roots in White men treating Indigenous cultures as mere attractions and applying pseudoscientific theories to justify white supremacy. Archaeology, a subset of anthropology, similarly saw white men who were really looters with an official name, taking artifacts that didn't belong to them and making assumptions. To this day, some of these grave robbers are considered groundbreaking and their methods or theories are still held to a high academic standard. I'm seeing the same thing here in nursing, where someone like Nightingale is still being heralded as the standard for nurses, despite her barbaric views.

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Ravenne Aponte Podcast and Nurses You Should Know Articles

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I really enjoyed listening to Ravenne Aponte's podcast! Like Kelsie and others stated in their posts, I think it's awesome that she attended a second degree program like ours. I think using our previous education in our current nursing education is beneficial, as our backgrounds are diverse and we can really teach each other different perspectives. Dr. Aponte made important points regarding the whitewashing of nursing and the importance of fostering diversity in nursing.

On Medium's website, I read the article about Cora Elm and Charlotte Edith Anderson- who were prominent Indigenous nurses who served in World War I. Cora Elm was a member of Oneida Nation born in 1891. Elm provided nursing care at Nantes in Brittany, Russia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Charlotte Edith Anderson Monutre was born in 1890. She was born on the Six Nations Reserve in Ohsweken. According to the article, "She graduated high school from Brantford Collegiate Institute at a time where any type of forma education was rare for Canadian women or Indigenous people. Although she was interested in nursing, she was excluded from applying to Canadian nursing programs because she was Indigenous." Charlotte then traveled to the US and completed a nursing program there. She become one of the 14 Indigenous nurses in the US Army Nurse Corps who worked in France. I think the history of these women is so inspiring and important to recognize.

--Katherine Sampson

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I really enjoyed Ravenne's podcast, especially because she was an ABSN graduate just like us. It was truly inspiring to hear her story because it can be easy to get discouraged throughout this program. One thing I hear a lot is how my first degree was a waste or that "I should have just done nursing from the beginning" so it was refreshing to hear how she uses her first degree in nursing.
I enjoyed the articles on the "nurses you should know" website and loved how it was dedicated to underrepresented populations in nursing. I think these nurses should get more attention in the history of nursing than Florence Nightingale due to her problematic ways.

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I really liked the podcast with Ravenne. It was pretty inspiring to hear about the work she does with both of her degrees and how she uses it to educate others. It intrigued me that she talked about Florence Nightingale and how everyone thinks she is this great woman and nurse but in an article I read, she was considered to be racist and we don't talk about that enough.

The article I read highlights some quotes that Nightingale said that proves her to have been racist towards indigenous people. It is crazy how we use her as the pinnacle of nursing but we don't talk about her racist tendencies. There are so many other nursing leaders we can celebrate and talk about more, such as Mary Seacole.

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The podcast was great to listen to! I really enjoyed hearing about how you can incorporate your first degree into your nursing career. This relates to our second degree nursing program.

Rebecca Chan Chung was a Chinese American Military Nurse and Nurse Educator. I was intrigued by the work that she did. She was inspiring and selfless because she chose to send her brother to school instead of herself. It was great that she was able to receive free training with a stipend at the Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong between 1938 to 1941. It was sad to read how she had dress as an old lady to get back to her mother when Japan invaded Hong Kong. After Rebecca joined the CNAC as a flight nurse, she was given an honorable discharge from the army. This was also when she was given three U.S. World War II medals and a U.S. Congressional Gold Medal for her service. Another accomplishment of hers was becoming the head of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals nursing school. She wrote a book and it was still published the year after she passed away.

-Danielle Culver

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I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this podcast and learning more about Ravenne Aponte. She is a trailblazer in her field and for those who who can not speak for themselves. It is ah inspiring how she took her first degree in Bachelor of Arts in African American Studies with a minor in Health Disparities and then received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. It helps students like my classmates and myself believe that our first degree can still be worth while even after getting our BSN in nursing. We can draw from our first degree in our career and use what we have learned previously to situations in our current field as nurses.

I enjoyed looking through the articles and the overall blog site "Nurses You Should Know." It is a great way to share information and evidence for nurses and others to communicate and learn from. It was crazy to me to see how these different woman who are nurses from different backgrounds make history and change the way the nursing field is/ or is saw as but not get the credit that is well deserved. It should be more than just Florence Nightingale who's names should be remembered and I think that this platform shows others that there are other names that are just as important and others who have done miraculous things.

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I enjoyed listening to the podcast with Ravenne Aponte. She took her first degree and used it to help her in her new degree in nursing. She has so much knowledge and attention when it comes to her first degree in African American Studies. She said she went to a predominately white college and chose to study African American Studies which I think is amazing and extremely important. Having this as a undergraduate degree and then going to nursing, she really benefited from that and it will really help her in her nursing career.
I really enjoyed reading some of the articles about nurses. The one that grasped my attention the most was Marcella LeBaeu. She was responsible for her household and childcare at the age of 10 when her mother passed away and still continued her education and went on to nursing. She enlisted herself in the Army Nurse Corps and retired as a First Lieutenant. She did a lot with anti smoking and Indian health services.  She has done amazing with in her lifetime, earning the French Legion of Honor Medal. Now at the age of 102, she is still a mother, caregiver, and gives speeches around the nation.

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I found the podcast extremely interesting because Ravenne took what she did in her first degree and really applied it to her nursing program/degree. She said she would constantly compare and connect what she learned in her first degree of African American studies. She discussed how a lot of what she learned in nursing school was whitewashed. She said most of what she learned had to do with white people and any time black patients were discussed it was not at all accurate. I also found it interesting that she mentioned Florence Nightingale and how that was who she was told she needed to be like, but she disagreed.

I found many of the stories on the blog to be interesting but the one I found most interesting would have to be Major Della Hayden Raney Jackson who was the first African American Chief Nurse in the U.S Army Nurse Corps. She attended Lincoln Hospital School of Nursing which was one of the earliest Black nurse training programs to provide both schooling and employment to Black nurses/physicians. Raney volunteered to join the Nurse Corps at the beginning of World War 2 in the year 1940 but was denied because she was a Black woman. 1941 was when they started accepting Black nurses. Raney was finally accepted after much persistence. I found this story so interesting and amazing because Raney did not take no for an answer and continued to pursue her interests until she got approval.

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I really enjoyed listening to the Amplify Nursing podcast episode because it showed me that being a nurse doesn’t mean you need to strictly fit into a box that society pictures you to be but that you can be the nurse you want to be for yourself and for your patients. Although my previous degree was in Biology, I did take courses such as a women and gender studies course which I can apply to this course as well. I also really liked that Ravenne Aponte mentioned that many schools hold Florence Nightingale on a pedestal and although she did accomplish many great things for this field, there are other important and crucial contributions that were made by others and the reason why their work is not emphasized as much or at all is because of their race and being erased from the history of nursing which is very unfortunate. I really liked reading through the different stories in the “Nurses You Should Know” page. One nurse that stuck out to me is, Goldie Brangman-Dumpson. I liked reading about her because I plan on going back to school to become a CRNA as well. I thought it was fascinating that she was a part of the healthcare team that treated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on September 20th, 1958 after he was stabbed at his book signing. She lived through this segregated time and continued to help others and even won awards for her dedication. It was also incredible that she lived to be 102-years-old.

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I enjoyed listening to Ravenne Aponte’s episode on Amplify Nursing! She got me thinking about how I can use my previous degree to inflict change within the nursing and medical field.

The Nurses You Should Know blog is a great platform for nurses and nurse allies to meet, share information, and act upon many of the social issues nurses face. The blog appears to be easy to use and provides free and accessible information to nurses, student nurses, educators, and allies! It was humbling to browse through the library and uncover the impact these nurses made on their communities.

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While reading the nurses you should know blog, I was able to learn about the key pioneers of the nursing profession such as Rose Lim Luey, a public health nurse, Jane Edna Hunter, a social worker, nurse, and the founder of the Phillis Wheatley association, and Major Della Hayden Raney Jackson, the first African American chief nurse in the U.S army nurse corps. I was able to expand my knowledge on the holistic practices of these individuals and how they were able to change the course of nursing while enhancing their educational opportunities. One particular story that captured my attention focused on the story of Goldie Brangman-Dumpson, a Nurse Anesthetist & Co-Founder of Harlem Hospital School of Anesthesia. I found this story to be interesting because she attended school in Harlem, the neighborhood that I grew up in. I also enjoyed learning about her because she did not give up when things got tough, she chose to pursue her goal of becoming a nurse anesthetist, despite the racial measures put into place to discourage her.

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Started by nurses, the Nurses You Should Know Project is a collaborative campaign designed to raise awareness to the contributions of nurses of color in the nursing profession and healthcare at large.

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I enjoyed the Ravenne Aponte episode of Amplify Nursing- it was cool to hear how she took her passion for African American studies/history and melded it into her career as a BSN.  The Nurses you should know website is filling a much needed gap and amplifying POC/ non-white female nurses who are doing important work!!

I really like how the website shows all of the different ways these people used/use their nursing degree. Some examples are nurses as entrepreneurs, founders of schools, social workers, public health organizers, librarians, and attorneys. It got me thinking about how I could use my degree in the future. The website both showcases the diversity of people within nursing and the diverse things that you can do as a nurse.

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Please post thoughts or reactions to the podcast, and the Nurses You Should Know blog. Did any particular stories capture your attention?