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A Nurse Making a Difference: Nurse Alice Benjamin

Daily Nurse

I didn ’ t plan to be a nurse practitioner, especially not in the emergency room. When he was in the military, he began smoking cigarettes because they would say to smoke them if you got him. We must maintain the integrity of our nursing education. That ’ s not how we ’ re going to solve the nursing shortage.

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A Nurse Making a Difference: Nurse Alice Benjamin

Minority Nurse

I didn ’ t plan to be a nurse practitioner, especially not in the emergency room. When he was in the military, he began smoking cigarettes because they would say to smoke them if you got him. We must maintain the integrity of our nursing education. That ’ s not how we ’ re going to solve the nursing shortage.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Alice Benjamin

Minority Nurse

Right out of high school, I never knew I wanted to be a nurse. But I was the eldest, and my dad was a retired serviceman and smoked cigarettes in the military. Nurses were overwhelmed, overworked, under-resourced, and often needed to be appreciated more in ways that nurses found meaningful.