Leslie Flowers Author

Leslie Flowers, a writer and communications consultant for more than two decades, is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She was editor of publications for Evanston Hospital (now NorthShore Health) and provided communications for the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International. Leslie has written several publications for the Indiana University School of Nursing. Her articles have appeared in American Nurse Today, Nursing Spectrum, OR Manager, as well as more than 20 journals and newspapers.

Patricia D’Antonio, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Killebrew-Censits Endowed Term Chair in Undergraduate Education, Chair, Department of Family and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. A nurse and historian, she is also the editor of the Nursing History Review, the official journal of the American Association for the History of Nursing; a senior fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics; a core faculty of Women's Studies; and a member of the Graduate Group in the History and Sociology of Science.

Marion E. Broome, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Dean of the School of Nursing at Duke University and editor-in-chief of Nursing Outlook, the official journal of the American Academy of Nursing and the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science. Previously, Broome was dean and distinguished professor at the Indiana University School of Nursing.