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Leslie Neal-Boylan

Leslie Neal-Boylan

Leslie Neal-Boylan, PhD, APRN, CRRN, FAAN, is the dean of the Solomont School of Nursing and vice dean of the Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. She is a family nurse practitioner with an active clinical practice. She has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and 10 books.

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Nurses on the front lines: A history of heroism from Florence Nightingale to coronavirus

By: - May 14, 2020

Nurses are heroes of the COVID-19 crisis. May 12 was International Nurses Day, which commemorates the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the first “professional nurse.” The World Health Organization also named this year the “Year of the Nurse” in honor of Nightingale’s 200th birthday. To nurses everywhere, this day and this year have great significance. Nurses, […]