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January 09, 2006 Volume 15 No. 1

‘God Grant Me a Thinking Nurse’
Duke Nursing Celebrates 75 Years of Excellence

James B. Duke understood the importance of nursing to health care. In 1924, when he bequeathed $4 million of his fortune to Duke University, he specifically stated that some of it be used for “erecting and equipping at Duke University a Medical School, Hospital and Nurses Home.”

It only took a few years for Duke’s dream to become a reality. Duke University Hospital (DUH) opened in July 1930, the School of Medicine began classes in...

	Call & Response Listening, Learning And Living The Legacy Of Martin Luther King The voice and vision of Martin Luther King, Jr. called a social movement into existence, but it...
	Sleep Lab Moves to Hotel New Sleep Lab Will Increase Treatment Spaces for Patients with Sleep Disorders Duke University Hospital (DUH) can help more people get a good night’s sleep thanks to the new...
	Research Roundup For more information on medical news and research from Duke, go to the Medical Center News Office Web site at www.dukemednews.org. by Whitney Howell Do old age and illness inevitably go together? Not according to research...
	Measuring Patient Care Duke University Hospital Improves Scores For Pneumonia Care Consumers -- and the government -- are demanding more and more information about the quality of...
	New Law Will Help Save Lives Senate Bill 1317, passed at the end of 2005, will more than triple the availability of cord blood...