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Nurses in Space

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"Helicy is a function of continuous innovative change growing out of the mutual interaction of a man and environment along a spiralling longitudinal axis bound in space-time." ~Martha Elizabeth Rogers, 1970~           The 21st Century offers an opportunity for nurses throughout the world to actively participate in the creation of a space-faring civilization. However, human development in outer space is a challenge to the nursing profession. Advances from space technology are already transforming medicine and healthcare, so it is vital that nurses are deeply involved in these innovations and research (Harris, 2001).                Martha Rogers, the visionary nursing leader, and theorist, anticipated the evolvement in the nursing profession. She reminded us of the speed of accelerating change and its impact on human evolution, as well as the need to create an enhanced image of nursing. She even envisioned the nurse’s emerging role beyond Earth! She apprec

Anne Frank

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“People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion.” ― Anne Frank (The Diary of a Young Girl)         Anne Frank was born in 1929 in Germany. Her family moved to Amsterdam in 1933, and she died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945. She wanted to live even after she dies and indeed she had lived even until today in people's hearts and mind even among people she never met.         I am one of those who has been deeply inspired by the courage and wisdom of this young girl. She was my role model and a vision in my teenage thoughts who pushed me to write without limits and unbound by rules. I discovered that I love writing so much because she made me feel how it was like without a voice yet you desire to be heard. I shared her pain and her yearning for freedom.          I used to write every day and every night in my diary when I was in high school and in nursing school. I never get tired of it even whe

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