WASHINGTON, May 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S.

WASHINGTON, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Up to 1,000 registered nurses from Maine to California will march and rally in Washington, DC, today to press the case for moving beyond insurance reform to improving the quality of care in U.S.

CHICAGO, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- STINSON Brand Innovation is offering a custom e-book, "Notes on Nursing" by Florence Nightingale in recognition of National Nurse Practitioner Week, November 8-14. The e-book is one in a series of e-books titled Innovation Classics.

By Ulrich, Beth Our theme for the 2008 Nephrology Nurses Week (September 14-20), is "Nephrology Nurses: We Carry the Torch." Florence Nightin-gale was the first nurse to carry the torch, although her torch was an oil lamp that lit the way as she made rounds in the Barracks Hospital in Scutari.

FLORENCE Nightingale caused a sensation when she revealed that more soldiers died of infections than wounds in the Crimea. Since then we have learned how infections spread and how deadly they can be.