Nurse Manifest People . . .

Peggy L. Chinn
Peggy is a co-founder of this project and takes a lead in the project's research initiatives.  She has taught nursing in several universities, and has been an avid activist giving voice to feminist ideas in nursing. 

From Peggy: "This project speaks to the most fundamental issues facing nursing and health care.  I believe that unless each of us holds a dream close to our hearts and minds, we will only continue in a path that is literally destroying our health, our integrity, and our future as nurses.  The dream of NurseManifest is a huge dream, with untold possibilities.  As we reach toward this dream, we open new paths, new doors, new windows, and indeed, a new future.  Visit my home page at: http://ans-info.net/PLC.htm

Richard Cowling
Richard is co-founder of this project, was the lead scribe in writing our manifesto, and is involved in our research work.  He teaches at Virginia Commonwealth University, and has been President of the Rogerian Society of Scholars.  His practice and research, focusing on despair, is grounded in unitary-transformative nursing science. For more information, visit http://www.unitaryhealing.com/

From Richard:  "I believe that the Nurse Manifest Project responds to the call within each of us to go beyond the limited and fragmented views and practices of nursing science and art that have been evolving slowly over the last several decades. I hope to participate personally and professionally in a very active way in the reclamation of our sovereignty as nurses...an act which may heal the despair of our past and current situations. Visit my home page for more information.

Marlaine Smith
Marlaine teaches nursing at the University of Colorado and is involved in our research project. Her own research and practice focuses on wholistic healing modalities and caring grounded in unitary-transformative nursing science. 

From Marlaine:  "Hello...I'm grateful to join with all who want to participate in creating a different kind of health and healing care experience for ourselves and those we serve. I am attracted to this project because it calls us to put our values into action; to imagine nursing and health care that reflect our deepest values and to MANIFEST this in our world. Also, through this project we are envisioning community as a diverse group of like-valued people who "virtually" come together to manifest change. We can learn from each other as put our visions into actions and share our experiences...and these seeds will spread across the world and will take root and grow."

Carey Clark
Carey teaches nursing in California, and became involved in this project when she was exploring issues related to the nursing shortage.  Her work on this topic was published in the September 2002 issue of Advances in Nursing Science. 

From Carey:  "Outside of my work experience in a wide variety of healthcare settings, I have closely observed the nursing shortage crisis situation as a clinical instructor in multiple small community hospitals as well as in several large teaching institutions. As time passes I have become greatly concerned with the evident gaps between education & practice and between our caring-humanistic theories & education/practice. I believe that the nurse manifest project offers us the opportunity to heal our profession  and return to the sacredness of our practice."

Jane Dickinson

Jane was involved in the 2003 research project as a group leader, and is working on a synthesis of the groups' findings. Jane's practice and research focus primarily on diabetes in people of all ages. She runs the Diabetes Education Program in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. One of Jane's goals is to get the message of the nursing experience across to the public.
 

From Jane:  I discovered the Nurse Manifest research project at a time in my professional life when I was feeling isolated and discouraged. The entire Nurse Manifest project embodies my passion for the nursing profession now and in the future: I am convinced that, by working together, nurses can improve the way we work, the care we give, and the way we are received.

Olga Jarrin

Working on this project has challenged me to be pro-active in creating the conditions necessary so that I can practice nursing as I wish. Part of this was cultivating the mindset that I deserve to have a job in nursing that I love, and still have the time and energy for other areas of my life. Surrounding myself with supportive co-workers, in an institution that provides all the resources I need to do my work came quickly as my attitude changed. Currently I am working on a shared vision for nursing and have invited everyone who is interested to visit my blog and join me in conversation around this possibility.  Where I will focus my future efforts is on creating these conditions on a broader scale, through work in nursing theory and public health policy.