Nurse Leader
Volume 6, Issue 2 , Pages 36-39 , April 2008

First Fridays: Celebrating the Nursing Profession

  • Valarie D. Ricks, RN, MS

      Affiliations

    • Valarie D. Ricks, RN, MS, is clinical manager
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  • Rebecca (Suzie) Miltner, RNC, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Rebecca (Suzie) Miltner, RNC, PhD, is director of the Women's and Infants' Services at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC.

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 All photos courtesy of the authors.

PII: S1541-4612(08)00048-7

doi: 10.1016/j.mnl.2008.02.006

Nurse Leader
Volume 6, Issue 2 , Pages 36-39 , April 2008