American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 17, 23

B

Bloom, Joseph D., 6

C

cardiovascular diseases, 16-17
Cassel, Christine K., 6
Center for Health Disparities Research, 14
Center for Research on Symptom Management in Life-Threatening Illness, 18
cultural diversity, 13-15

E

Eastern Oregon University, 8
education, nursing, 6, 16, 17, 19-21, 22-25
exercise therapy, 16-17

H

Hallick, Lesley, 7
Howard University, 14

I

Institute of Medicine (U.S.), 6, 20, 26
interprofessional relations, 26

K

Kohler, Peter O., 7

L

leadership, 6, 16, 21-23
Lindeman, Carol Ann, 10, 11

M

minorities, as students, 14, 15
minorities, in nursing, 13-15

N

National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice (U.S.), 17
National Institute of Nursing Research (U.S.), 18
National Institutes of Health (NIH), 18

O

OHSU Hospital, 4-5, 10
Oregon Consortium for Nursing Education (OCNE), 6, 19-21
Oregon Nursing Leadership Council, 19-20

P

Phelps, Grace, 11
physician-nurse relations, 22

R

Rawlinson, May E., 11
Robertson, Joseph E., 6-7
Rush University College of Nursing, 1-2, 5-6, 16

S

salaries and fringe benefits, 12-13
School of Medicine, 4, 6-7
social justice, 14
Spaulding, A.B. Youmans, 11
specialties, nursing, 24-25

T

Thomson, Elnora E., 11

U

University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing, 2